Unknown Waters
It was probably a chemical or biological component turning the water black, like minerals or bacteria. he couldn't be sure, but it also didn't matter that much at that moment. he'd look it up back at home, if he'd manage to remember it.
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book X Chapter 35
Patches of dried, lumpy blood dotted her sides, the wound spyro cauterized healed but it didn't close entirely still, unable to feel the touch of healing light it couldn't get rid of the bacteria that kept crawling back into the vulnerable flesh.
Hurricane Kim Chapter 14
._ _ scientists in japan have revealed that they have bred bacteria under laboratory conditions that can digest certain limited types of plastic..._ _  
The Great War, Hell Division, Heroes Of The Dovahreich Chapter 5
So then he built two fire one big and one small and he places the big one at the ground to keep predatory predators away and to grill his food as that got rid of any bacteria as getting food poisoning now was really not ideal to get now.
Children Chpt 10: Bloodied Soil
"archethal have a pair of glands just above our lungs which filter additional toxins and bacteria from the air we breathe. from there the captured hazards are broken down into their key enzymes and filtered through the liver via a special- what?"
Chosen of Ashurha IV: Thy Kingdom Come
Their skin began to knit itself back together as her black energy enveloped their rotting bodies, banishing all signs of decay and bacteria. when they were presentable she reclaimed her mobile throne and they began to approach visharna.
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book VIII Chapter 35
She didn't have the mood and the time for his jokes, of all the things however she couldn't stand his touch, she could feel bacteria spreading through her body with every graze the tail made against her body.
San Francisco's Finest (Act1, Book1, Chapter10)
It's also used to pasteurize food, because it kills bacteria without damaging the food. but it can be used for a dirty bomb, so there's that." "but for it to cook those guys, how much cobalt-60 are we talking?" "i don't know. a lot."
Death's Blood Ch. Sixteen: Insurance and Woe
Enough of the bacteria survived fer me to confirm it. in addition, she did have signs of dehydration. i am keeping her body preserved whilst i await a reply from her lawyer. through repeated questioning, the kitten gave me her name and address."
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book IX Chapter 13
A sensation that wasn't changed by the fact that she felt like she was everywhere, gazing from the stars at the city as she would be some kind of invisible bird with eyesight so sharp that she could spot bacteria.
Jackie-The-Junior First-Day-Part-One
No mention that they didn't even know what bacteria or viruses were, that they '_intentionally_' spread them. in contrast, it paints the natives as purely peaceful nature communing groups that in no way what so ever fought each other.
Latex Lore Chapter 3: The Pop-Marked Man
We're monkeying with different intensities and wavelengths to try and destroy any possible bacteria that might be in the air, turning the contaminated floodwaters into harmless mist.