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  "id": 3100814,
  "title": "Gut bacteria mostly compete—but cooperation finds a way",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/gut-bacteria-mostly-compete-but-cooperation-finds-a-way",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-24T19:40:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-gut-bacteria-cooperation.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Understanding how bacteria influence one another is essential for understanding how microbial communities are formed and maintained. Researchers at Umeå University have now systematically mapped interactions between common gut bacteria, creating one of the most comprehensive datasets of its kind.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}