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:

September 24, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 136 - Swarmers Send Secret Signals
This episode: Swarming predatory bacteria may be communicating through tubes!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Algae intended for biofuels turn out to be very good in desserts
Man found whose own gut seems to brew alcohol
Viruses useful for controlling crop pests
Deep sea glowing of bacteria changes based on surface conditions
Bacterial investment strategies could teach some things to human investors
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7min
September 15, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 135 - Prodigious Pandora Particles Perceived
This episode: New giant virus discovered, with a genome larger than that of some eukaryotes!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/News item 3/News item 4/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Using bacteria as factories to produce drugs, originally found in plants, cheaply
Ocean bacteria can "see" by sensing the color of light and adjusting their behavior
Though many gut viruses are stable, some change rapidly over time
Reducing need for fertilizer by creating artificial plant-bacteria symbioses
Fungal symbionts help plants tolerate heat and drought (paper)
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9min
September 08, 2013 BacterioFiles Micro Edition 134 - Duodenum Dweller Degrades Digoxin
This episode: Bacteria in the gut can affect dosaging of medications!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
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8min
August 31, 2013 BacterioFiles Micro Edition 133 - Microbe Manacles Metal, Muzzles Microbe
This episode: A strain of E. coli helps reduce severity of Salmonella infection by competing with it for iron in the gut!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
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9min
August 26, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 132 - Microbes Modify Mitochrondrial Material
This episode: Some bacterial DNA sequence seems to integrate into human cells, especially in cancerous tissue!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper/Review of animal-bacterial lateral gene transfer
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria are important for health of corals
Desert bacterium makes more and better bioplastic
Fungi that can survive at negative temperatures, and how (paper)
Crop rotation helps maintain diversity of soil community
Gut microbes can contribute to speciation, in insects
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13min
August 19, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 131 - Stacking Sucker Symbionts
This episode: Some insects have bacterial symbionts with super-small genomes inside their cells, and some of these symbionts have their own internal bacterial symbionts!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/News item 3/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Making art with plates of glowing bacteria
Predatory bacteria seem to be helpful for treating eye infections
Bacteria floating all around the earth, could help with climate
Making bioplastic polymers is important even in bacterium-insect symbioses (paper)
New strains of bacteria could make better biofuels
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8min
August 11, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 130 - Bacteriophages Bind Boogers
This episode: Phages hang out in mucus to ambush bacteria!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Green algae eat bacteria, suggesting route for origin of eukaryotes
Bacteria could help clean up estrogen contaminants in drinking water
Bacteria help clean up poop-filled cave
Microbes could help with making Mars habitable
Virus gene therapy helps the blind see
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8min
July 28, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 129 - Lentivirus Limits Leukodystrophy
This episode: Virus acts as vector to cure deadly genetic disorder!
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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Lentiviral Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy in Patients with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (paper)
Bacterial proteins filter and recycle antibiotics in streams
Survey of fungi living on our skin
Dogs have a big effect on bacteria found in the home
Bacteria found that break the coldest-living-organism record
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6min
July 21, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 128 - Algae Aggregate Ammonium Altruistically
This episode: Algal symbionts store nutrients for corals!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Certain gut bacteria could help reduce obesity, in mice at least
Michael Pollan: "Some of My Best Friends Are Germs" Interview with Pollan
Bacterial travel paths make pretty good art
Bacteria can use hydrogen gas to produce electricity, a real microbial fuel cell
Gut bacteria could protect against pathogenic E. coli
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5min
July 15, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 127 - Plant Partners Prompt Pest Preparation
This episode: Fungi transmit warning signals between plants!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Parents sucking on infants' pacifiers may help provide good bacteria
Using ancient bacterial samples to create record of local supernovas
Phages could help prevent medical implant contamination
Bacteria that colonize infants' gut can influence their growth
Using bacteria in mosquitoes to stop malaria
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9min

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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