Bacteriofiles
The podcast for microbe lovers.
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BacterioFiles 171 - Segments Select Specific Strains
This episode: Ahmed Gomaa and I discuss how to keep ...
This episode: Ahmed Gomaa and I discuss how to keep some microbes and get rid of others using bacteria's own immune system! Download Episode (15.1 MB, 16.5 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: New, simpler genetic...
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BacterioFiles 170 - Good Copper, Bad Copper
This episode: With guest host Susan Gardner! We discuss nitrogen-fixing ...
This episode: With guest host Susan Gardner! We discuss nitrogen-fixing plant-friendly bacteria that help plants grow in copper-contaminated soil, helping to clean it up! Download Episode (19.1 MB, 20.9 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other...
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BacterioFiles 169 - Microbes Meddle with Mesophilic Malaria
This episode: Ambient temperature seems to affect how much insect ...
This episode: Ambient temperature seems to affect how much insect bacteria can interfere with transmission of malaria! Download Episode (7.85 MB, 8.5 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: One kind of...
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BacterioFiles 168 - Plentiful Plant Pathogen Partners
This episode: Multiple different fungi kill insects and give their ...
This episode: Multiple different fungi kill insects and give their nutrients to plant partners! Download Episode (8.3 MB, 9 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: How much do airborne microbes affect the atmosphere?...
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BacterioFiles 167 - Gut Grows Gluten Gluttons
This episode: Some bacteria in the guts of healthy volunteers ...
This episode: Some bacteria in the guts of healthy volunteers are able to break down gluten! Download Episode (9.7 MB, 10.5 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Biotech company is looking to be able to grow bricks...
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BacterioFiles 166 - Metamorphosis Microbes Mapped
This episode: Discovering how butterflies' bacteria change from caterpillar to ...
This episode: Discovering how butterflies' bacteria change from caterpillar to adult! Download Episode (7.5 MB, 8.1 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Virus could help treat otherwise hard-to-treat breast...
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BacterioFiles 165 - Bacillus Biofilms Balk Bilks
This episode: Interview with Jordi van Gestel: cheaters in bacterial ...
This episode: Interview with Jordi van Gestel: cheaters in bacterial communities don't always succeed! Download Episode (13.1 MB, 14.25 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Showing how harmless fungus prevents...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 164 - Sponge Symbionts Synthesize Stuff
This episode: Bacteria symbiotic with sea sponges make many potentially ...
This episode: Bacteria symbiotic with sea sponges make many potentially useful compounds! Download Episode (8.3 MB, 9 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Pollutants may kill off certain important microbes in...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 163 - Pseudomyrmex Sidekicks Stop Sprout Sickness
This episode: Ants teaming with bacteria help defend plants from ...
This episode: Ants teaming with bacteria help defend plants from bacterial pathogens! Download Episode (9.4 MB, 10.2 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Virus modified to infect and destroy only...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 162 - Desert Dwellers Densify Dunes
This episode: Spraying cyanobacteria could turn deserts into useful land! ...
This episode: Spraying cyanobacteria could turn deserts into useful land! Download Episode (9.3 MB, 10.13 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: How multicellular cyanobacteria communicates between cells...