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:

July 07, 2014BacterioFiles 173 - Illuminated Invader Inhibits Irritation
This episode: Virus helps to modify mice such that certain colors of light can cause or prevent pain!
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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Ocean bacteria give off gas that makes clouds
Killing cancer with virus plus releasing immune system's brakes
Helping bacteria clean up oil spills
Microbes can make scents and flavors more sustainably
Fungi are important for carbon stored in or released from soils too
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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11min
July 07, 2014 BacterioFiles 173 - Illuminated Invader Inhibits Irritation
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
11min
July 01, 2014BacterioFiles 172 - Sunlight-Snackers Seize Sparks
This episode: Some photosynthetic bacteria can use electricity for their metabolism to make useful stuff too!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Plants and their associated root microbes seem to evolve together (paper)
What was thought to be pigments in fossil feathers might actually have been bacteria
Yeast cells help understand how Alzheimer's drug works in humans
Bacteria help plants clean up metal-contaminated soils
Understanding how bacteria colonize our bodies
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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...more
11min
July 01, 2014 BacterioFiles 172 - Sunlight-Snackers Seize Sparks
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
11min
June 22, 2014BacterioFiles 171 - Segments Select Specific Strains
This episode: Ahmed Gomaa and I discuss how to keep some microbes and get rid of others using bacteria's own immune system!
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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
New, simpler genetic switch controls cancer-killing viruses more specifically
Bacteria help plants grow better in drought conditions (paper)
Sometimes not-so-clean could be healthy
Different kinds of rooms have different microbes
Peat acts as sink for microbial electrons, keeping them from producing methane (a greenhouse gas)
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
17min
June 22, 2014 BacterioFiles 171 - Segments Select Specific Strains
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
17min
June 17, 2014BacterioFiles 170 - Good Copper, Bad Copper
This episode: With guest host Susan Gardner! We discuss nitrogen-fixing plant-friendly bacteria that help plants grow in copper-contaminated soil, helping to clean it up!
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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Liquid crystals could be even more useful with bacteria in them
Adding bacteria can affect plants' microbiome and metabolism (paper)
New FDA-approved bank for fecal transplant material
New way of testing and improving potential Salmonella-based vaccines
Cacao microbe helps protect plant from pathogens (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
21min
June 17, 2014 BacterioFiles 170 - Good Copper, Bad Copper
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
21min
June 10, 2014BacterioFiles 169 - Microbes Meddle with Mesophilic Malaria
This episode: Ambient temperature seems to affect how much insect bacteria can interfere with transmission of malaria!
Download Episode (7.85 MB, 8.5 minutes)

Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
One kind of yeast divides age-related damage evenly between daughter cells instead of giving all of it to one
How gut bacteria break down fiber we eat
Making interesting art/clothing with dangerous bacteria
Study of how soil microbes react to warming environment (paper)
Gut bacteria associated with obesity are more common in some places than in others
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
June 10, 2014 BacterioFiles 169 - Microbes Meddle with Mesophilic Malaria
The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
...more
9min

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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