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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 63 - Bombus Bacteria Beat Baddies

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This episode: Bee colonies share gut bacteria to prevent disease!

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News article/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

  • Bacterial nanowires are pretty awesome at moving electrons
  • Yeast cells, probably like early ancestors, can get by on very little oxygen
  • Scientists imitate viral method of transferring genes to cells
  • Algae biofuels work pretty well but not awesome
  • Bacteria-eating bacteria seem to behave differently in different kinds of light
  • Bacteria could clean up mercury contamination in environment
  • Bacteria engineered to seek and destroy pathogens

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