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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 58 - Baculovirus Blocks Bug Behavior

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This episode: Viruses take over caterpillars' behavior!

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Show notes:
News article 1/News article 2/Journal Paper

Wired article on various mind-controlling parasites

Other interesting stories:

  • Wood-digesting enzyme in bacteria could help make biofuels
  • Slime mold likes to eat herbal sleeping pill
  • Virus that could treat lung cancer
  • Predatory bacteria could treat difficult infections
  • Plant-symbiont bacteria could make useful chemicals
  • Engineered virus could help make highly efficient solar panels
  • Combining technologies to make biofuels and stuff

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