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:

July 27, 2015BacterioFiles 222 - Cells Store Solar Sparks
This episode: Bacteria engineered to produce liquid fuel can eat carbon dioxide and hydrogen from solar-powered water-splitting!
Download Episode (11.2 MB, 12.25 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Some bugs need their vitamin-producing microbes, but kill them to harvest the vitamins
How specific gut microbes influence immune system (paper)
Bacteria used to produce various food ingredients
Bacteria could produce polyester beads that bind specific proteins (paper)
Rainforest bacteria could help plants grow better in poorer soil (paper)
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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...more
13min
July 27, 2015BacterioFiles 222 - Cells Store Solar Sparks
This episode: Bacteria engineered to produce liquid fuel can eat carbon dioxide and hydrogen from solar-powered water-splitting!
Download Episode (11.2 MB, 12.25 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Some bugs need their vitamin-producing microbes, but kill them to harvest the vitamins
How specific gut microbes influence immune system (paper)
Bacteria used to produce various food ingredients
Bacteria could produce polyester beads that bind specific proteins (paper)
Rainforest bacteria could help plants grow better in poorer soil (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
July 13, 2015BacterioFiles 221 - Co-culture Close Contact, Cats, and Cockerels
This episode: More distantly related bacteria can help each other grow (and produce lots of hydrogen) by temporarily fusing with each other!
Download Episode (12.7 MB, 13.9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper/Close contact image
Note: I said C. acetobutylicum was used in WWII to make acetone for bombs, but it was actually World War I, used to make cordite, a replacement for gunpowder.
Other interesting stories:
Gut microbes can affect brain's defensive barrier in mice
Getting E. coli to produce higher amounts of nice-smelling biofuel compounds
Using fungi to control avocado-damaging pests
Bacterial proteins used to modify human cells' immune signaling (paper)
Worm gut bacteria could help degrade plastic waste
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
July 13, 2015BacterioFiles 221 - Co-culture Close Contact, Cats, and Cockerels
This episode: More distantly related bacteria can help each other grow (and produce lots of hydrogen) by temporarily fusing with each other!
Download Episode (12.7 MB, 13.9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper/Close contact image
Note: I said C. acetobutylicum was used in WWII to make acetone for bombs, but it was actually World War I, used to make cordite, a replacement for gunpowder.
Other interesting stories:
Gut microbes can affect brain's defensive barrier in mice
Getting E. coli to produce higher amounts of nice-smelling biofuel compounds
Using fungi to control avocado-damaging pests
Bacterial proteins used to modify human cells' immune signaling (paper)
Worm gut bacteria could help degrade plastic waste
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
July 06, 2015BacterioFiles 220 - Coliforms Cooperate by Conduit
This episode: Bacteria can connect to each other with tiny tubes to exchange nutrients!
Download Episode (10 MB, 10.9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
If society collapsed, we could eat microbes
Archaea could produce useful antibacterials too
Tree-killing diseases can help forests be more diverse
Animals have taken the genes bacteria use to poison each other
Viruses can sometimes survive frozen for centuries (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
11min
July 06, 2015BacterioFiles 220 - Coliforms Cooperate by Conduit
This episode: Bacteria can connect to each other with tiny tubes to exchange nutrients!
Download Episode (10 MB, 10.9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
If society collapsed, we could eat microbes
Archaea could produce useful antibacterials too
Tree-killing diseases can help forests be more diverse
Animals have taken the genes bacteria use to poison each other
Viruses can sometimes survive frozen for centuries (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
11min
June 29, 2015BacterioFiles 219 - Fungi Facilitate Photosynthetic Fuels
This episode: Fungi can act like sticky nets to help harvest algae for biofuels!
Download Episode (8.3 MB, 9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria produce substance that could control harmful algal blooms (paper)
Bacterial proteins in gut can protect mice from rotavirus
Beware of contamination in microbial sequence survey studies
Passionate kissing can transfer a lot of bacteria (not always a bad thing)
Mouse virus can act like gut bacteria in maintaining gut health
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
June 29, 2015BacterioFiles 219 - Fungi Facilitate Photosynthetic Fuels
This episode: Fungi can act like sticky nets to help harvest algae for biofuels!
Download Episode (8.3 MB, 9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria produce substance that could control harmful algal blooms (paper)
Bacterial proteins in gut can protect mice from rotavirus
Beware of contamination in microbial sequence survey studies
Passionate kissing can transfer a lot of bacteria (not always a bad thing)
Mouse virus can act like gut bacteria in maintaining gut health
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
June 22, 2015BacterioFiles 218 - Parasitoids Pass Protective Prokaryotes
This episode: Parasitoid wasps spread helpful bacterial symbionts between their whitefly prey!
Download Episode (10.9 MB, 11.9 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Making magnetic bacteria do a dance (w/ video)
Viruses have influenced evolution and genetics of plants, including wine grapes
Deep-sea fungus produces potentially useful chemicals (paper)
Effective genetic modification of fungi could lead to useful biotech processes
Microbe-shaped (though not microbe-flavored) popsicles
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
June 22, 2015BacterioFiles 218 - Parasitoids Pass Protective Prokaryotes
This episode: Parasitoid wasps spread helpful bacterial symbionts between their whitefly prey!
Download Episode (10.9 MB, 11.9 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Making magnetic bacteria do a dance (w/ video)
Viruses have influenced evolution and genetics of plants, including wine grapes
Deep-sea fungus produces potentially useful chemicals (paper)
Effective genetic modification of fungi could lead to useful biotech processes
Microbe-shaped (though not microbe-flavored) popsicles
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

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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