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Trivia question of the day — Apr 14, 2026

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QUESTION OF THE DAYTUE 14 APR
DIFFICULTY 50 · MEDIUMGENERAL

Barry Marshall drank which bacterium, expecting it to give him an ulcer?

  1. Salmonella enterica
  2. Escherichia coli
  3. Helicobacter pylori
  4. Staphylococcus aureus
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Answer

C. Helicobacter pylori

Helicobacter pylori gave Barry Marshall gastritis rather than an ulcer, but linking the bacterium to ulcers still won him and Robin Warren a Nobel Prize.

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