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:

November 09, 2015BacterioFiles 237 - Proving Protist Predation Parentage
This episode: Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus, a predatory bacterium that feeds on Chlorella algae, is currently lost from science, but its genome has been sequenced and interpreted anyway, to reveal a surprising family history!
Download Episode (9.4 MB, 10.25 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Appetite-suppressing bacteria could treat obesity
Skin bacteria could save frogs from deadly fungus
Developing yeast that produce lots of biofuel lipids
Vineyard soil microbiome affects vine microbes (and thus, wine)
Microbes could make super-sensitive bioelectromechanical sensors
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
11min
November 09, 2015BacterioFiles 237 - Proving Protist Predation Parentage
This episode: Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus, a predatory bacterium that feeds on Chlorella algae, is currently lost from science, but its genome has been sequenced and interpreted anyway, to reveal a surprising family history!
Download Episode (9.4 MB, 10.25 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Appetite-suppressing bacteria could treat obesity
Skin bacteria could save frogs from deadly fungus
Developing yeast that produce lots of biofuel lipids
Vineyard soil microbiome affects vine microbes (and thus, wine)
Microbes could make super-sensitive bioelectromechanical sensors
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
11min
November 02, 2015BacterioFiles 236 - Film Formation Favors Fossilization
This episode: Gut microbes' activity in decaying brine shrimp help promote fossilization of their soft parts!
Download Episode (8.1 MB, 8.8 minutes)

Show notes:
Paywalled news item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Baboon friends have more closely related gut communities
Lichens are awesome
Plants depend on bacteria when producing defensive chemicals
Using bacterial communication signal to modify gut microbe communities
Deinococcus could be useful biotech species (review)
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 02, 2015BacterioFiles 236 - Film Formation Favors Fossilization
This episode: Gut microbes' activity in decaying brine shrimp help promote fossilization of their soft parts!
Download Episode (8.1 MB, 8.8 minutes)

Show notes:
Paywalled news item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Baboon friends have more closely related gut communities
Lichens are awesome
Plants depend on bacteria when producing defensive chemicals
Using bacterial communication signal to modify gut microbe communities
Deinococcus could be useful biotech species (review)
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
October 26, 2015BacterioFiles 235 - Dust DNA Detectives with Dr. Dunn
This episode: I talk with Dr. Rob Dunn about his team's research into determining where a dust sample comes from based on the microbes present in it!
Download Episode (12.6 MB, 13.7 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
The Dunn lab
Books
Other interesting stories:
Certain gut bacteria could help animals feed on new foods (paper)
Potential for engineering our own microbiome
Bacteria could help clean up radioactivity at Fukushima
Bacteria could make better fruit fly traps (paper)
Acid-resistant bacterium could help with stomach infections (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
14min
October 26, 2015BacterioFiles 235 - Dust DNA Detectives with Dr. Dunn
This episode: I talk with Dr. Rob Dunn about his team's research into determining where a dust sample comes from based on the microbes present in it!
Download Episode (12.6 MB, 13.7 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
The Dunn lab
Books
Other interesting stories:
Certain gut bacteria could help animals feed on new foods (paper)
Potential for engineering our own microbiome
Bacteria could help clean up radioactivity at Fukushima
Bacteria could make better fruit fly traps (paper)
Acid-resistant bacterium could help with stomach infections (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
14min
October 19, 2015BacterioFiles 234 - Phone, Floor Phylum Forensics
This episode: Learning things about people's identity and movements from microbial communities on their phones and shoes!
Download Episode (5.4 MB, 5.8 minutes)

Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria that live in the deepest part of the ocean
Gut bacteria, birth conditions, and weight are related (paper)
Bee microbiomes stay pretty constant
Early gut bacteria associated with food allergy risk
Gut bacteria could relate to ability to control blood sugar
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
6min
October 19, 2015BacterioFiles 234 - Phone, Floor Phylum Forensics
This episode: Learning things about people's identity and movements from microbial communities on their phones and shoes!
Download Episode (5.4 MB, 5.8 minutes)

Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria that live in the deepest part of the ocean
Gut bacteria, birth conditions, and weight are related (paper)
Bee microbiomes stay pretty constant
Early gut bacteria associated with food allergy risk
Gut bacteria could relate to ability to control blood sugar
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
6min
October 12, 2015BacterioFiles 233 - Messy Microbes Maintain Mouse Microbiota
This episode: Mice in less sanitary conditions have more diverse gut communities and perhaps less allergy!
Download Episode (8.15 MB, 8.8 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Fertilizer leads to less-helpful soil bacteria
Sponge bacteria help corals get phosphorus
Another way to use microbial electricity to produce hydrogen
Soap has bacteria too
Corals are eating plastic; is it harmful?
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
October 12, 2015BacterioFiles 233 - Messy Microbes Maintain Mouse Microbiota
This episode: Mice in less sanitary conditions have more diverse gut communities and perhaps less allergy!
Download Episode (8.15 MB, 8.8 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Fertilizer leads to less-helpful soil bacteria
Sponge bacteria help corals get phosphorus
Another way to use microbial electricity to produce hydrogen
Soap has bacteria too
Corals are eating plastic; is it harmful?
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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