BacterioFiles

By Jesse Noar

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

4.4

2020 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

BacterioFiles episodes:

September 15, 2014BacterioFiles 183 - Simplex-Sick Stem Cell Salve
This episode: Cancer-killing viruses could work even better when loaded into stem cells!
Download Episode (8.3 MB, 9 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Many genes can be swapped in area around fungal mycelia (paper)
Fungus could help control invasive tree species
Dust storms can have effects by spreading fungal spores (paper)
Hand bacteria differ between people in different places
Microbiome manipulation seems to be rising as a medical treatment
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
September 15, 2014 BacterioFiles 183 - Simplex-Sick Stem Cell Salve
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
10min
September 09, 2014BacterioFiles 182 - Chloroplast Colonizers' Contradictory Conflicts
This episode: BacterioFiles teams up with The Plant Pathology Podcast to talk about how microbes living in plants sometimes team up with the plants, sometimes with plant pathogens!
Download Episode (17.7 MB, 19.25 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Lee et al. 2009 paper: Fusarium sometimes prevents corn smut
Other interesting stories:
Deep-sea vent viruses sabotage cell storage
Bacteria probably could survive accidental trip to Mars
Microbes that survive in petroleum could do well in other harsh processes
Many cyanobacteria produce potentially useful antifungal compounds (paper) (paper)
Poor agricultural practices may reduce soil microbe diversity (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
20min
September 09, 2014 BacterioFiles 182 - Chloroplast Colonizers' Contradictory Conflicts
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
20min
September 02, 2014BacterioFiles 181 - Spore-formers Smash Salmonella's Solanum Strongholds
This episode: Soil bacteria could help prevent food poisoning from bacteria in raw tomatoes!
Download Episode (9.6 MB, 10.5 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Life history correlates with gut communities, sometimes expected and sometimes not
Single bacterial species can consume multiple different organic gases
Skin bacteria may affect how wounds heal
Microbes kill frog-killing fungi
Algae can use many wavelengths of light that plants cannot
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
September 02, 2014 BacterioFiles 181 - Spore-formers Smash Salmonella's Solanum Strongholds
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
11min
August 26, 2014BacterioFiles 180 - Phage Functions Fight Fortifications
This episode: Some phages can fight back against bacterial defenses with recently discovered genes!
Download Episode (8.3 MB, 9 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Antibiotic treatment of certain bacterial disease associated with weight gain
Knowing what is a healthy microbiome is tricky
Knowing how the microbiome is related to obesity is tricky
Genes for antibiotics in fungi could have come from bacteria
Antibiotics could disrupt newborns' adaptation to 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
10min
August 26, 2014 BacterioFiles 180 - Phage Functions Fight Fortifications
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
10min
August 19, 2014BacterioFiles 179 - Functionless Phages Feel Fatiguing
This episode: Defective phages in bacterial genomes can still have burdensome effects! Why do the bacteria keep them around?
Download Episode (10.4 MB, 11.3 minutes)

Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Microbes are essential and important for all life on the planet
Modified virus could treat most dangerous brain cancers
Microbes help inhibit worms that harm plants (paper)
Trying to figure out what gut viruses people had in the 14th century (paper)
Beewolves have close hereditary connection with their bacterial symbionts
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 19, 2014 BacterioFiles 179 - Functionless Phages Feel Fatiguing
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
12min

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

More shows like BacterioFiles

This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Virology

2,054 Listeners

MicrobeWorld Video by American Society for Microbiology

MicrobeWorld Video

28 Listeners

This Week in Parasitism by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Parasitism

456 Listeners

Meet the Microbiologist by Ashley Hagen, M.S.

Meet the Microbiologist

37 Listeners

This Week in Microbiology by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Microbiology

517 Listeners

Microbios by Brendaliz Santiago-Narvaez

Microbios

12 Listeners

MicrobeWorld Video (audio only) by American Society for Microbiology

MicrobeWorld Video (audio only)

4 Listeners

Editors in Conversation by American Society for Microbiology

Editors in Conversation

25 Listeners

MicrobeWorld Video HD by American Society for Microbiology

MicrobeWorld Video HD

4 Listeners