Tag: bacterium
Black Death Plague Bacterium Became Less Fatal thanks to Just One Genetic Tweak
The bubonic plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is infamous for causing the Black Death that wiped…
Readers discuss an unsung scientist, a mutant bacterium named Chonkus, Science News’ new look
The life of Margaret S. Collins, the first Black female entomologist in the United States to earn a…