The same thing is true of other well-studied bugs, such as those that cause typhus and plague, and is likely to be true of most bacteria.

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True, they can be highly effective against bacteria.

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More proof that seemingly earth-shaking findings (like, say, bacteria with arsenic in their DNA) are often not true but will make you wish Douglas Adams was around to write about them.

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