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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How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

BacterioFiles episodes:

March 07, 2016BacterioFiles 242 - Corporeal Communities Create Characterizing Codes
This episode: Features of the microbial communities of people's bodies could be used to identify individuals!
Download Episode (11.3 MB, 12.3 minutes)

Show notes:
Commentary/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Gut bacteria and gut cancer relate in confusing ways
More about how giant Mimivirus infects its host
Even seemingly helpful microbes may become harmful in certain contexts (paywall)
Microbes in sewage seem to rebuild drugs that treatment plants try to remove
Microbes could help keep water clean
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
13min
March 07, 2016BacterioFiles 242 - Corporeal Communities Create Characterizing Codes
This episode: Features of the microbial communities of people's bodies could be used to identify individuals!
Download Episode (11.3 MB, 12.3 minutes)

Show notes:
Commentary/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Gut bacteria and gut cancer relate in confusing ways
More about how giant Mimivirus infects its host
Even seemingly helpful microbes may become harmful in certain contexts (paywall)
Microbes in sewage seem to rebuild drugs that treatment plants try to remove
Microbes could help keep water clean
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
13min
February 29, 2016BacterioFiles 241 - Colon Colonizers Control Cancer Combat
I'm back!
This episode: Gut microbes enhance the effectiveness of cancer therapies!
Download Episode (10.7 MB, 11.7 minutes)

Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper 1/Journal paper 2
Other interesting stories:
Microbiome an important link between diet and colon cancer
Viruses can be helpful more often than we realize
Fungus breaks down plant matter and makes jet fuel
Engineering E. coli for better exploration of other species' genetic potential
It's possible our food might be too clean
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
February 29, 2016BacterioFiles 241 - Colon Colonizers Control Cancer Combat
I'm back!
This episode: Gut microbes enhance the effectiveness of cancer therapies!
Download Episode (10.7 MB, 11.7 minutes)

Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper 1/Journal paper 2
Other interesting stories:
Microbiome an important link between diet and colon cancer
Viruses can be helpful more often than we realize
Fungus breaks down plant matter and makes jet fuel
Engineering E. coli for better exploration of other species' genetic potential
It's possible our food might be too clean
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
November 30, 2015BacterioFiles 240 - Water Worms Make (carbon) Monoxide Meals
Reminder: this is the last episode for at least a few weeks while I am wrapping up my PhD. See you again when I'm done!
This episode: Marine worms and their microbial symbionts can live on the toxic gas carbon monoxide!
Download Episode (11.1 MB, 12.1 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Salt-loving extremophiles eat carbon monoxide at Mars-level concentrations (paper)
Better biotech processes by microbial cooperation (paper)
Different ways to engineer microbes to produce propane
Not all organisms share exactly the same genetic code
Queen bees have different microbes than other bees (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
13min
November 30, 2015BacterioFiles 240 - Water Worms Make (carbon) Monoxide Meals
Reminder: this is the last episode for at least a few weeks while I am wrapping up my PhD. See you again when I'm done!
This episode: Marine worms and their microbial symbionts can live on the toxic gas carbon monoxide!
Download Episode (11.1 MB, 12.1 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Salt-loving extremophiles eat carbon monoxide at Mars-level concentrations (paper)
Better biotech processes by microbial cooperation (paper)
Different ways to engineer microbes to produce propane
Not all organisms share exactly the same genetic code
Queen bees have different microbes than other bees (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
13min
November 23, 2015BacterioFiles 239 - Familial Pheromones Fight faecalis
Just to let you know, I'm trying to finish up my dissertation and graduate in the next few months, so after episode 240, I will be putting the show on hold, at least for a few weeks (but not forever). I'll be sure to bring back some good content after I am done feeling so crunched for time though.
This episode: Gut bacteria kill their drug-resistant pathogenic cousins of the same species via pheromone signaling!
Download Episode 10.4 MB, 11.4 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacterial compound could inhibit biofilms but not their builders
Microbial engineering could free us from petroleum products
Studying the immune regulation roles of mouse gut microbes (paper)
Finding useful cold- and warm-adapted algae by season (paper)
Powerful swimming microbe creates crystals of cells
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
November 23, 2015BacterioFiles 239 - Familial Pheromones Fight faecalis
Just to let you know, I'm trying to finish up my dissertation and graduate in the next few months, so after episode 240, I will be putting the show on hold, at least for a few weeks (but not forever). I'll be sure to bring back some good content after I am done feeling so crunched for time though.
This episode: Gut bacteria kill their drug-resistant pathogenic cousins of the same species via pheromone signaling!
Download Episode 10.4 MB, 11.4 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacterial compound could inhibit biofilms but not their builders
Microbial engineering could free us from petroleum products
Studying the immune regulation roles of mouse gut microbes (paper)
Finding useful cold- and warm-adapted algae by season (paper)
Powerful swimming microbe creates crystals of cells
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
November 16, 2015BacterioFiles 238 - Forcing Fungal Familiarization
This episode: Of genes that are similar in yeast and humans, almost half of the yeast versions are functional when replaced with the human version!
Download Episode (7.9 MB, 8.5 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Turning algae from harmful blooms into useful products
Intercropping enriches microbes that help crop yields (paper)
Bacteria store energy in magnetic particles that other bacteria later take
Certain gut microbes are characteristic of traditional (non-urban) lifestyles (paper)
More study into how microbes make tasty foods
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
9min
November 16, 2015BacterioFiles 238 - Forcing Fungal Familiarization
This episode: Of genes that are similar in yeast and humans, almost half of the yeast versions are functional when replaced with the human version!
Download Episode (7.9 MB, 8.5 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Turning algae from harmful blooms into useful products
Intercropping enriches microbes that help crop yields (paper)
Bacteria store energy in magnetic particles that other bacteria later take
Certain gut microbes are characteristic of traditional (non-urban) lifestyles (paper)
More study into how microbes make tasty foods
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
9min

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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