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:

April 08, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 120 - Particles Pirate Prokaryote Protection
This episode: A virus has borrowed a bacterium's defenses to infect better!
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Show notes:
News Item 1/News Item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Signals from neighbors tell bacteria to induce phage resistance
Man-made wetland filled with bacteria could clean waste pharmaceuticals from water
Bacteria seem to have specific relationships with apple tree flowers
Reintroducing healthy gut community clears out drug-resistant pathogens in mice
Weaving bacteriophages into packaging to help food safety (paper)
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6min
April 01, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 119 - Bacteria Bypass Blood-Brain Barrier?
This episode: Our brain might be home to helpful bacteria!
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Show notes:
News Item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Antarctic bacteria cling to ice crystals
Viruses could actually be helpful for plants
Probiotic bacteria seemed to help male mice's bone density
Marine microbe's enzyme could break down sinusitis biofilms
Yeast engineered to produce butanol in its mitochondria
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4min
March 24, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 118 - Fungi Found in Seafloor Sediments
This episode: Fungi are found living deep under the sea!
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Show notes:
News Item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Scientists test artificial feces transplants to treat C. difficile infections
Exposure to bacteria from adult male mice seems to protect young female mice against type 1 diabetes
Bacteria that take electrons from iron can take them directly from electricity too and fix carbon dioxide
Sea creatures often team up with bacteria that produce potential new drugs
Engineered herpes virus could inhibit metastasis of certain cancers
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4min
March 17, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 117 - Helicobacter Helps or Hurts Health?
This episode: Helicobacter pylori seems not to be more harmful than helpful!
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Show notes:
News Item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Our guts and plants' roots may be similar in some ways in terms of microbes (paper)
Bacteria found that maybe could grow in Martian poles
Mother's milk may be important source of microbes for infant
Microbes in clouds affect their chemical composition (paper)
Scientists take samples of microbes in hurricanes
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5min
March 08, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 116 - Colonizer Counterattacks cholerae
This episode: Some bacteria respond to attacks from other bacteria with their own deadly strike!
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Show notes:
News Item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Gut community may be associated with cardiovascular health
Using a virus to build the heart a new biological pacemaker
Bacteria change their genetic code in presence of unusual carbon source (paper)
Cholesterol metabolism seems to influence gut microbes (in hamsters)
Gut bacteria could affect appetite
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5min
March 04, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 115 - Nets Nab Nematodes
This episode: Fungi sense worms coming and trap them!
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Show notes:
News Item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Probiotics could be helpful for fish too
200-million-year-old cilitate preserved in leech cocoon
Thin atmospheres might not be a problem for bacteria
Some bacteria don't just resist antibiotics, they eat them (which might be a good thing)
Engineering algae to make complex anti-cancer drug cheaply
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4min
February 21, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 114 - Popping Pathogen Provides Plasmid Prophylactic
This episode: Salmonella strain engineered to induce our cells to immunize us against diseases!
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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Microbes found thriving in salty, noxious, sub-zero oxygen-free buried Antarctic lake
Using a dog virus to make vaccines for human diseases
Scientists produce electricity from plant-microbe team
Newly discovered bacterium could help break down more of plant wastes for biofuels
Researchers find bacteria to help degrade soil contaminants
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5min
February 10, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 113 - Bdelloids Derive Different Domains' DNA
This episode: Bdelloid rotifers borrow genetic material from all over the place!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Model suggests we might actively enable growth of beneficial gut microbes
Predatory bacteria can even feed on their prey's storage polymers (paper)
Plants' symbiotic bacteria can control their production of insect toxins and only produce when needed (paper)
More bacteria than thought can get rid of potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide
Marine algae engineered to produce biofuels like fresh-water algae
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5min
February 03, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 112 - Belly Button Bacteria
This episode: Discovering what is living in our navels!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper/Project website
Other interesting stories:
Video-article shows how to purify magnetic bacteria
King Henry VIII's warship has novel bacteria growing in it (paper)
Acid-loving bacteria can dissolve and extract metals for recycling
In addition to photosynthesis, algae can digest cellulose for carbon
Insect-infecting fungus may help control bed bugs
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4min
January 27, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 111 - Custom Community Controls Clostridium
This episode: Figuring out which bacteria help fecal transplants work so well against C. difficile!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
City considering bacteria for cleaning up river
Probiotics expressing human protein reduce gut inflammation
Pressure-cooking algae into crude oil
Man's hand wound leads to hints about how bacteria came to live in insects
Wormy parasites help treat gut inflammation (in monkeys at least)
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4min

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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