Bacteriofiles
The podcast for microbe lovers.
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BacterioFiles 230 - Plant Prokaryotes Promote Protein Production
This episode: Bacteria in and around plants can help fertilizer ...
This episode: Bacteria in and around plants can help fertilizer them, even in non-legume plants! Download Episode (11.1 MB, 12.15 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Figuring out what microbes live (or...
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BacterioFiles 229 - Spore-formers Stimulate Serotonin
This episode: Bacteria in mouse guts control the production of ...
This episode: Bacteria in mouse guts control the production of serotonin, an important neurotransmitter! Download Episode (10.4 MB, 11.3 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Nitrogen-fixing bacterium could...
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BacterioFiles 228 - Bacteria Beat Bat Blight
This episode: Bacteria isolated from bats' skin inhibits the growth ...
This episode: Bacteria isolated from bats' skin inhibits the growth of bat-killing fungus! Download Episode (7 MB, 7.6 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Bacteria could produce useful emulsifiers...
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BacterioFiles 227 - Microbe Menaces Meningitis
This episode: Colonizing ourselves with friendly bacteria could drive out ...
This episode: Colonizing ourselves with friendly bacteria could drive out more risky ones, such as those that cause meningitis! Download Episode (9.8 MB, 10.6 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Bacterial...
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BacterioFiles 226 - Deep Dwellers Diversify
This episode: Archaea living in the deep ocean (and their ...
This episode: Archaea living in the deep ocean (and their viruses) have clever ways to maintain diversity and adaptability! Download Episode (10.3 MB, 11.25 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting...
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BacterioFiles 225 - Implanting Internal Invader Immunity
This episode: Don't have immunity? Create your own! Scientists engineer ...
This episode: Don't have immunity? Create your own! Scientists engineer cells to destroy their HIV infections using the bacterial immune system! Download Episode (14.5 MB, 15.8 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting...
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BacterioFiles 224 - Super Small Cells
This episode: Scientists discover what seem to be ultra-small bacteria, ...
This episode: Scientists discover what seem to be ultra-small bacteria, possibly smaller than the theoretical minimum size! Download Episode (12.3 MB, 13.4 minutes)Show notes:News item 1/News items 2/Journal Paper Other interesting...
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BacterioFiles 223 - Fecal Fusions Forecast Fatness
This episode: Sampling microbial populations in sewage from cities could ...
This episode: Sampling microbial populations in sewage from cities could reveal differences in the human populations, such as prevalence of obesity! Download Episode (9.1 MB, 9.9 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting...
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BacterioFiles 222 - Cells Store Solar Sparks
This episode: Bacteria engineered to produce liquid fuel can eat ...
This episode: Bacteria engineered to produce liquid fuel can eat carbon dioxide and hydrogen from solar-powered water-splitting! Download Episode (11.2 MB, 12.25 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Some bugs need...
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BacterioFiles 221 - Co-culture Close Contact, Cats, and Cockerels
This episode: More distantly related bacteria can help each other ...
This episode: More distantly related bacteria can help each other grow (and produce lots of hydrogen) by temporarily fusing with each other! Download Episode (12.7 MB, 13.9 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper/Close contact image Note: I...
