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:

January 21, 2013BacterioFiles Micro Edition 110 - Plant Pathogens Pair Perfectly
This episode: Plant viruses work together to infect better!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria could help improve truffle farming
Figuring out how bacteria conduct electricity in seafloor sediment
Bacterial photography
Plants team up with bacteria in drought conditions
Bacteria could help make self-healing concrete
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4min
November 11, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 109 - Labeling Lung Lurkers
This episode: Identifying the microbial communities of the lungs!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Commensal bacteria seem to influence animal behavior in some ways
Directed evolution for biofuel production from bio-oil
Prebiotics could help regrow removed intestines
Cave bacteria could contain useful information, including antibiotics
Fungus outcompetes aflatoxin fungi in crops, now applied using bioplastic
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4min
October 29, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 108 - Firing Phages to Fight faecalis
This episode: Gut bacteria use phages to beat their competition!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Cooperative predatory bacteria spread out in waves
Using bacteria to clean up nicotine contamination (paper)
Metal-tolerant bacteria can produce pure gold from Au salt
Virus could treat diabetes by inducing weight gain
Making biofuel-producing bacteria resistant to predation (paper)
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5min
October 22, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 107 - Lipases Liberate Light-Linked Lipids
This episode: Scientists engineer cyanobacteria to release biofuels at high temperatures!
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News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Microbes could even help protect us from heavy metals directly
Bacteria help turn rocks into soil
New virus discovered that is related to major pathogens but doesn't infect humans
Viruses could help treat drinking water
Using music to make sense of microbiological data
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4min
October 14, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 106 - Bacteriophages Bust Blackheads
This episode: Scientists find that phages might be good for treating acne!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Fungi could help make Stradivarius-quality violins
Rabbit virus could kill cancer cells in dogs
Potential biofuel microbe can survive in pretreatment conditions
Microbes make for really good food
MSU lab's evolving E. coli
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October 07, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 105 - Pythium Provides Pollutant Pipelines
This episode: Fungi and such can transport pollutants in soil to bacteria for degradation!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Even HIV can be made to help fight cancer
Bacteria are important for animal communication
Phages could be used to stop bacteria from killing corals
Cooking oil waste could be good food source for production of bioplastics
Waste from biofuel production could be used to generate electricity
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4min
September 23, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 104 - Algae Actualize Active Antibodies
This episode: Engineered diatoms can produce functional antibodies!
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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Synthetic virus-like particles can attack tumors
Another kind of biofuel from a good bioplastics microbe
Feeding your bacteria is important too
Searching forests for wood-eating fungi (paper)
Plant-friendly soil bacteria signal plants to shut out pathogens
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5min
September 16, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 103 - Prokaryotes Palliate Plants' Pollution Pressures
This episode: Soil bacteria can help plants adapt to changing climate conditions!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Producing electricity from sewage treatment
Gut bacteria very important for infants
Skin bacteria are helpful
Bacteria induce single-celled organism to form multi-celled colony
Using bacteria to fight invasion of zebra mussels
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5min
September 09, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 102 - Pathogen Processes Polyp-Popping Prodrug
This episode: Tumor-targeting bacteria selectively activate anti-cancer drug!
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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Microbes are important for production of many kinds of food
Gut microbe changes that normally seem unhealthy seem beneficial for pregnant women
Developing microbes to terraform Mars for colonization
Predatory bacteria digest their prey's bioplastic storage polymers (paper)
Scientists find abundance of lead-dissolving fungi at old shooting range (paper)
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4min
September 03, 2012BacterioFiles Micro Edition 101 - Prokaryotes Pressurize Platforms
This episode: Bacteria produce gas that can regulate the depth of underwater sensor devices!
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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Termite gut bacteria are a good source of biofuel technology
Sadly, arsenic bacterium GFAJ-1 appears to be arsenate-resistant but phosphate-dependent (papers)
Figuring out how bacteria degrade carcinogenic benzene
Beneficial bacteria are important for the skin as well as the gut
Microbes could use electricity to produce natural gas
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5min

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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