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:

August 31, 2015BacterioFiles 227 - Microbe Menaces Meningitis
This episode: Colonizing ourselves with friendly bacteria could drive out more risky ones, such as those that cause meningitis!
Download Episode (9.8 MB, 10.6 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacterial vapors inhibit deadly plant pathogen (paper)
Finding phages to fight tomato disease (paper)
Immune system is important for maintaining gut community health
Even the same species can have diversity in the gut
Using bacterial power to generate clean water and electricity
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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...more
11min
August 31, 2015BacterioFiles 227 - Microbe Menaces Meningitis
This episode: Colonizing ourselves with friendly bacteria could drive out more risky ones, such as those that cause meningitis!
Download Episode (9.8 MB, 10.6 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacterial vapors inhibit deadly plant pathogen (paper)
Finding phages to fight tomato disease (paper)
Immune system is important for maintaining gut community health
Even the same species can have diversity in the gut
Using bacterial power to generate clean water and electricity
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
August 24, 2015BacterioFiles 226 - Deep Dwellers Diversify
This episode: Archaea living in the deep ocean (and their viruses) have clever ways to maintain diversity and adaptability!
Download Episode (10.3 MB, 11.25 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Super-slow-growing bacteria may evolve without reproducing
Human gut bacterium is especially able to digest yeast cell walls
Soil fungi can convert uranium to more recoverable insoluble form (paper)
Viruses may have helped human brain develop through history
Accessory genes make each bacterial strain unique
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
August 24, 2015BacterioFiles 226 - Deep Dwellers Diversify
This episode: Archaea living in the deep ocean (and their viruses) have clever ways to maintain diversity and adaptability!
Download Episode (10.3 MB, 11.25 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Super-slow-growing bacteria may evolve without reproducing
Human gut bacterium is especially able to digest yeast cell walls
Soil fungi can convert uranium to more recoverable insoluble form (paper)
Viruses may have helped human brain develop through history
Accessory genes make each bacterial strain unique
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
August 17, 2015BacterioFiles 225 - Implanting Internal Invader Immunity
This episode: Don't have immunity? Create your own! Scientists engineer cells to destroy their HIV infections using the bacterial immune system!
Download Episode (14.5 MB, 15.8 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Insect bacteria produce small RNAs to communicate with hosts (paper)
Yeast can make lots of useful things
Engineering E. coli to better tolerate biofuels it produces (paper)
Pathogens can resist phage infection, but often at a cost (paper)
Microbes can survive on space vessels and cause problems away from Earth
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
August 17, 2015BacterioFiles 225 - Implanting Internal Invader Immunity
This episode: Don't have immunity? Create your own! Scientists engineer cells to destroy their HIV infections using the bacterial immune system!
Download Episode (14.5 MB, 15.8 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Insect bacteria produce small RNAs to communicate with hosts (paper)
Yeast can make lots of useful things
Engineering E. coli to better tolerate biofuels it produces (paper)
Pathogens can resist phage infection, but often at a cost (paper)
Microbes can survive on space vessels and cause problems away from Earth
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
August 10, 2015BacterioFiles 224 - Super Small Cells
This episode: Scientists discover what seem to be ultra-small bacteria, possibly smaller than the theoretical minimum size!
Download Episode (12.3 MB, 13.4 minutes)

Show notes:
News item 1/News items 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria could produce good biofuels from renewable resources (paper)
Studying quorum sensing by 3D-printing bacterial biofilms (paper)
Marine algae could be good source of nutrients alternative to fish oil
Caterpillar mind-control virus seems to manipulate response to light
9 cool things about microbes
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
August 10, 2015BacterioFiles 224 - Super Small Cells
This episode: Scientists discover what seem to be ultra-small bacteria, possibly smaller than the theoretical minimum size!
Download Episode (12.3 MB, 13.4 minutes)

Show notes:
News item 1/News items 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria could produce good biofuels from renewable resources (paper)
Studying quorum sensing by 3D-printing bacterial biofilms (paper)
Marine algae could be good source of nutrients alternative to fish oil
Caterpillar mind-control virus seems to manipulate response to light
9 cool things about microbes
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
August 03, 2015BacterioFiles 223 - Fecal Fusions Forecast Fatness
This episode: Sampling microbial populations in sewage from cities could reveal differences in the human populations, such as prevalence of obesity!
Download Episode (9.1 MB, 9.9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacterial communities could be evidence about sexual crimes
Bacteria around plants could fight plant diseases (paper)
Microbes can greatly affect mouse gut's protective mucus layer
Cyanobacteria could survive on Mars and produce breathable oxygen
Garbage in Yellowstone permitted hot spring microbial rainbow
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
August 03, 2015BacterioFiles 223 - Fecal Fusions Forecast Fatness
This episode: Sampling microbial populations in sewage from cities could reveal differences in the human populations, such as prevalence of obesity!
Download Episode (9.1 MB, 9.9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacterial communities could be evidence about sexual crimes
Bacteria around plants could fight plant diseases (paper)
Microbes can greatly affect mouse gut's protective mucus layer
Cyanobacteria could survive on Mars and produce breathable oxygen
Garbage in Yellowstone permitted hot spring microbial rainbow
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

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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