bacterial
Americanadjective
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Other changes include dropping a mandatory hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, as well as identifying bacterial meningitis, rotavirus and COVID-19 as recommended only for “high risk groups.”
From Los Angeles Times
The long term vision is to combine this bacterial co culture with Martian regolith and use it as feedstock for 3D printing on Mars.
From Science Daily
Complications can include bacterial infection of scabs, and much more rarely, a swelling of the brain known as encephalitis, lung inflammation known as pnemonitis, and stroke.
From BBC
This process, described as bacterial "encroachment," caused certain gut pathways to close earlier than normal.
From Science Daily
The county Department of Public Health is conducting water sampling, and the closure will continue until bacterial levels meet health standards.
From Los Angeles Times
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