One surprising finding, Dr. Hazen said, was how long-term dietary patterns affected the amount of TMAO-producing bacteria in the gut and thus magnified the risk.

WSJ: New Health Culprit Carnitine Found in Red Meat

One surprising finding, Dr. Hazen said, was how a long-term diet that includes meat affected the amount of TMAO-producing bacteria in the gut and thus magnified the risk.

WSJ: New Health Culprit Carnitine Found in Red Meat

It was bacteria, producing oxygen as a waste product.

NEWYORKER: The Miner��s Daughter

According to Dr Wang, this approach could be used to create strains of bacteria capable of producing whole hosts of odd amino acids.

ECONOMIST: Chemists are trying to synthesise new varieties of life

Then they all began spilling bacteria into him, producing his fevers and steep decline.

NEWYORKER: The Checklist

This has huge potential for chemistry, medicine, energy and environmental remediation, and it stirs up significant fears about the potential for producing previously defunct viruses and warrior bacteria.

FORBES: Magazine Article

One way bacteria resist penicillin is by producing enzymes to break it down.

FORBES: The Genius Chemist And His Assault On Mutant Killer Bacteria

Soil bacteria and fungi are particularly proficient at producing natural chemical weapons, apparently as part of a subterranean arms race to spew out toxic chemicals to kill rival species.

FORBES: A Dirty Business

Bacteria chew up carbohydrates in the wastewater, producing carbon dioxide.

FORBES: Page 2 of 2

By altering the bacteria's genes, they were able to transform the bugs into fuel-producing factories.

BBC: E. coli bacteria 'can produce diesel biofuel'

Experts believe this variant has acquired a deadly combination of producing a toxin which can damage the kidneys and being really good at sticking to the gut, allowing more bacteria to grow and ultimately produce even more toxin.

BBC: Q&A: E. coli outbreak