BacterioFiles

By Jesse Noar

The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.... more

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FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

BacterioFiles episodes:

May 23, 2016BacterioFiles 252 - Small Cells Supervise Circadian Cycles
This episode: In mice, high-fat diets affect their gut microbes, which in turn disrupts their circadian cycles and metabolic health!

Download Episode (8.6 MB, 9.35 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other related news item/paper

Other interesting stories:

Fungi could help clean up lead pollution (paper)

Fungi growing on rocks in driest desert (paper)

Probiotic bacterium inhibited pathogenic bacteria in chickens (paper)

Bacteria survive just from very small amounts of hydrogen

Developing ways to monitor microbial catalysts

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!

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...more
10min
May 23, 2016BacterioFiles 252 - Small Cells Supervise Circadian Cycles
This episode: In mice, high-fat diets affect their gut microbes, which in turn disrupts their circadian cycles and metabolic health!

Download Episode (8.6 MB, 9.35 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other related news item/paper

Other interesting stories:

Fungi could help clean up lead pollution (paper)

Fungi growing on rocks in driest desert (paper)

Probiotic bacterium inhibited pathogenic bacteria in chickens (paper)

Bacteria survive just from very small amounts of hydrogen

Developing ways to monitor microbial catalysts

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!

Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
...more
10min
May 16, 2016BacterioFiles 251 - Mycophagous Myrmicinae Mutualist Microbes
This episode: Gut bacteria seem to help ants with very restrictive diets flourish more!

Download Episode (10.6 MB, 11.5 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

Engineering yeast to talk to each other chemically

Root bacteria could protect cocoa plants from pathogen (paper)

Microbes important for stress response when mice separated from mother (paper)

Bacteria produce antibiotics to compete with rivals in soil

Insect pests of cabbage have detoxifying gut microbes too (paper)

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!

Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
...more
12min
May 16, 2016BacterioFiles 251 - Mycophagous Myrmicinae Mutualist Microbes
This episode: Gut bacteria seem to help ants with very restrictive diets flourish more!

Download Episode (10.6 MB, 11.5 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

Engineering yeast to talk to each other chemically

Root bacteria could protect cocoa plants from pathogen (paper)

Microbes important for stress response when mice separated from mother (paper)

Bacteria produce antibiotics to compete with rivals in soil

Insect pests of cabbage have detoxifying gut microbes too (paper)

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!

Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
...more
12min
May 02, 2016BacterioFiles 250 - Bacteria Boost Berry Borer Beetle Babies
This episode: Gut bacteria make it possible for coffee berry
borer beetles to live entirely on caffeine-rich food!
Download
Episode (6.9 MB, 7.5 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting
stories:
Molecule from plague bacteria could be helpful removing
rust and such (paper)
Bacteria can clean up toxic chromium pollution
(paper)
Chemical from a yeast could save bats from deadly
fungus
Cocktail of phages works better than single kind to
prevent food poisoning
Fungi help trees survive drought
conditions

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot
com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe at iTunes,
check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
...more
8min
May 02, 2016BacterioFiles 250 - Bacteria Boost Berry Borer Beetle Babies
This episode: Gut bacteria make it possible for coffee berry
borer beetles to live entirely on caffeine-rich food!
Download
Episode (6.9 MB, 7.5 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting
stories:
Molecule from plague bacteria could be helpful removing
rust and such (paper)
Bacteria can clean up toxic chromium pollution
(paper)
Chemical from a yeast could save bats from deadly
fungus
Cocktail of phages works better than single kind to
prevent food poisoning
Fungi help trees survive drought
conditions

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot
com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe at iTunes,
check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
...more
8min
April 25, 2016BacterioFiles 249 - Spores Survive Spaceship Scorching
This episode: Bacterial spores can survive atmospheric entry on
an artificial meteorite!
Download
Episode (10.7 MB, 11.25 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting
stories:
Fermenting chocolate with domesticated yeasts could
make it better than natural fermentation
Bacteria could control robot body in fairly complex
behaviors (podcast)
Plants' hormones affect the microbial communities
around their roots
Ocean microbes make clouds that reflect extra
sunlight
Emphasizing the importance of microbes in the
soil
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot
com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe at iTunes,
check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
Thumbnail image: A colony of thermophiles in the outflow of
Mickey Hot Springs, Oregon, the water temperature is approximately
60 °C (140 °F). By: Wiki user: Amateria1121
...more
12min
April 25, 2016BacterioFiles 249 - Spores Survive Spaceship Scorching
This episode: Bacterial spores can survive atmospheric entry on
an artificial meteorite!
Download
Episode (10.7 MB, 11.25 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting
stories:
Fermenting chocolate with domesticated yeasts could
make it better than natural fermentation
Bacteria could control robot body in fairly complex
behaviors (podcast)
Plants' hormones affect the microbial communities
around their roots
Ocean microbes make clouds that reflect extra
sunlight
Emphasizing the importance of microbes in the
soil
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot
com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe at iTunes,
check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
Thumbnail image: A colony of thermophiles in the outflow of
Mickey Hot Springs, Oregon, the water temperature is approximately
60 °C (140 °F). By: Wiki user: Amateria1121
...more
12min
April 18, 2016BacterioFiles 248 - Tiny Travelers Transport Toxin Trashers
This episode: Bacteria that swarm around in groups carry other bacteria with them that can be helpful for degrading toxins!
Download Episode (14.2 MB, 15.5 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper/Explanatory video
Other interesting stories:
Bacterium can help biofuel-producing algae grow better (paper)
Super-tolerant yeasts found in high volcanic place in super-dry desert (paper)
Bacteria living in even non-legume plants (like rice) could fix nitrogen for their host
Algae are becoming more popular as alternative protein in food
Microbiome resistance to C. difficile infection depends on many bacteria together
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
...more
16min
April 18, 2016BacterioFiles 248 - Tiny Travelers Transport Toxin Trashers
This episode: Bacteria that swarm around in groups carry other bacteria with them that can be helpful for degrading toxins!
Download Episode (14.2 MB, 15.5 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper/Explanatory video
Other interesting stories:
Bacterium can help biofuel-producing algae grow better (paper)
Super-tolerant yeasts found in high volcanic place in super-dry desert (paper)
Bacteria living in even non-legume plants (like rice) could fix nitrogen for their host
Algae are becoming more popular as alternative protein in food
Microbiome resistance to C. difficile infection depends on many bacteria together
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
...more
16min

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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