11.   The soil bacteria convert chlorinated pesticides to less toxic byproducts by using enzymes known as dehalogenases to chop out offending chlorine groups.

12.   The soil bacterium Aspergillus causes waves of mass mortality among gorgonian corals, or sea fans.

13.   They have evidence that BSE is triggered, not by rogue prions, but by common soil bacteria.

14.   These soil bacteria are closely related to the TB bug, and observations in Africa have suggested that TB and its relatives can also have a protective effect.

15.   They used soil bacteria that feed on rotting waste to break down hazardous substances to less toxic byproducts.

16.   With others, they carried the gene into the cell with a common soil bacteria.

17.   A German group from the Max Planck Institute and Goethe University isolated the structure by making protein crystals of enzymes extracted from a soil bacterium.

18.   British scientists have completed a genetic map of a common soil bacterium, a step that could help scientists develop new antibiotics and other medicines.

19.   Bt cotton seeds are created by inserting a gene from bacillus thuringiensis, a naturally occurring soil bacterium, into cotton seed.

20.   Monsanto developed the potato by introducing genetic material from Bacillus thuringiensis, a soil bacterium.