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Overall, 90 percent of the ground turkey that the magazine examined had one or more of the five bacteria they tested for.

Local officials have to shut down beaches for 24 hours to test for E. coli and other bacteria, but a costly new test could speed up that process.

The findings still need to go through the peer review process for verification.

5 surprising facts about the microbes living inside you

Every human is teeming with vast amounts of microbes inside their body. Isn’t it about time you learned about the things that call you home?

The new advance could one day be used to turn electricity into fuel.

Researchers say glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, kills helpful gut bacteria, which may allow botulism and other pathogens to flourish.

Many of the bacteria an average person carries with them are friendly and even symbiotic because they have co-evolved with humans.

Hospital bacterial colonization tracked by supercomputers
Researchers will feed 12,000 swabs of bacteria to supercomputers that will sequence DNA in the swabs.

Scientists coax bacteria to produce pure gold nuggets
Researchers have discovered bacteria with a Midas touch, capable of transforming toxic chemicals into pure 24-karat gold.

How supposed ‘arsenic-munching’ bacteria survive in toxic lake
Now that scientists know the bacteria filters out arsenic, they seek to determine how that particular trait evolved.

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