by Jenna Ta­bor-God­win, Rhona Stu­art, Rosa I. León Za­yas, and Chi­tra Ra­jaku­beran — Some bugs are ex­cit­ing but it takes them a while to be­come well known. The rod-shaped, Gram-neg­a­tive Jan­thi­nobac­terium lividum falls in this cat­e­gory. But re­cent dis­cov­er­ies about its phys­i­ol­ogy, ecol­ogy, and med­i­cine high­light its importance.J. lividum is com­monly found in soil and...