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:

October 30, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 60 - Making Mysterious Microbial Missives
This episode: Sending secret messages with glowing bacteria!
Download Episode (3.7 MB, 4 minutes)

Show notes:
News article 1/News article 2/News Article 3/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Stomach bacteria seem to protect against asthma
Microbes have nearly boiling-temp cellulose-digesting enzyme
Navy probes powered by bacteria
Using algae that made fossil fuels as clues to produce new biofuels
Carbon dioxide could make soil microbes produce more greenhouse gases
Debate about whether viruses are separate branch of life
Dry rot fungus could help make better biofuels
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
5min
October 22, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 59 - Brine Boosts Bacterial Bond-Breaking
This episode: Bacteria and salt water combine forces to produce hydrogen gas for fuel!
Download Episode (3.7 MB, 4 minutes)

Show notes:
News article 1/News article 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Predatory bacteria could treat infections with other bacteria
Worm discovered depending on bacteria - symbiosis is 500 myo
Bacteria help clean oil spills so plants can grow
Salmonella bacteria could help make life-saving vaccines
Salt-loving microbes have enzymes that could be useful for biofuels
Marsupial gut microbes break down food without producing methane - could be good for cows
Belly Button Biodiversity Project
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
5min
October 16, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 58 - Baculovirus Blocks Bug Behavior
This episode: Viruses take over caterpillars' behavior!
Download Episode (2.5 MB, 2.75 minutes)

Show notes:
News article 1/News article 2/Journal Paper
Wired article on various mind-controlling parasites
Other interesting stories:
Wood-digesting enzyme in bacteria could help make biofuels
Slime mold likes to eat herbal sleeping pill
Virus that could treat lung cancer
Predatory bacteria could treat difficult infections
Plant-symbiont bacteria could make useful chemicals
Engineered virus could help make highly efficient solar panels
Combining technologies to make biofuels and stuff
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
3min
October 08, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 57 - Rods Reduce Radioactivity
This episode: Bacteria extend little hairs that could help clean up radioactive contamination!
Download Episode (3.15 MB, 3.5 minutes)

Show notes:
News article 1/News article 2/News article 3/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Figuring out which bacteria protect plants against disease (paper)
Prescription drugs killing bacteria in lakes
Pathogen could be source of new antibiotics
Figuring out how algae replicate quickly in low-nutrient water
Bacteria might be breaking down plastic in oceans
Bacteria clean and restore important art
Treating plant disease with bacteriophages (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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
4min
October 01, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 56 - Cells Survive Synthetic Substitution
This episode: Evolving bacteria to use a synthetic base in its DNA!
Download Episode (3.5 MB, 4 minutes)

Show notes:
News article/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Fungi could reduce need for fertilizer
Convincing photosynthesizers to make more hydrogen
Bacteria can use caffeine as food
Bacteria can induce rainfall
Creating synthetic circuits in bacteria
Bacteria actually police their community to punish cheaters
Cyanobacteria programmed to secrete biofuels, making harvest easy
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
4min
September 25, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 55 - Insect Invaders Inhibit Infections
This episode: Bacteria in mosquitoes could prevent Dengue fever!
Download Episode (5 MB, 5.5 minutes)

Show notes:
News article 1/News article 2/Journal Paper 1/Journal Paper 2
Other interesting stories:
Probiotics may help partly by inducing the gut to make reactive oxygen species
Helping microbes to tolerate higher levels of biofuels they produce
Scientists figure out how ocean microbes help create clouds
Sending microbes into space
Relevant to podcast: Wolbachia could also inhibit malaria
Probiotic protein could help IBD
Advances in microbial nanowire structure
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
6min
September 18, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 54 - Hydrothermal Hydrogen Handlers
This episode: Black smoker bacteria are more versatile as symbionts than we thought!
Download Episode (4.1 MB, 4.5 minutes)

Show notes:
News article 1/News article 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
College students find new bacteriophages
Using viruses to make better solar panels
Seeing what microbes live under the sea floor
Figuring out what gut bacteria are doing
Certain bacteria, especially from breastmilk, can protect children from dangerous E. coli
Diverse soil bacteria can be like probiotics for plants
Common stomach pathogen seems to alleviate gut inflammation
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
5min
September 11, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 53 - Bacteria Beta-oxidate Butanol Biofuel
This episode: Reversing a metabolic pathway is very effective!
Download Episode (3.4 MB, 3.75 minutes)

Show notes:
News article 1/News article 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
C. difficile colonization may be preventable with probiotics
Algae is promising bioenergy producer
Gut bacteria may have significant influence on our brains
Poet encodes his verse into an extremophile's genome
Using cyanobacteria to produce fatty acid biofuels (paper)
Effects of weaning on infant microbiota (paper)
Phages may help save corals from bleaching
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
4min
September 03, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 52 - Lentivirus Lances Leukemia
This episode: Attacking cancer using an HIV-related virus!
Download Episode (3.2 MB, 3.5 minutes)

Show notes:
News article/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Manipulating our microbes for health
Interesting microbes found in Antarctic lake
Using bacteria as air filters for pesticide vapors
Probiotic may prevent urinary tract infections
Humans seem to have three different general types of gut community
Developing viruses that can destroy bacterial biofilms
Coaxing E. coli to produce more butanol biofuel
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
4min
August 27, 2011BacterioFiles Micro Edition 51 - Alien Ally Annihilates AIDS
This episode: Attacking HIV using a related virus!
Download Episode (3.3 MB, 3.6 minutes)

Show notes:
News article/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
Surprisingly, heat-loving microbes found in Antarctica
Algae found living in salamander cells
More organisms in streams may mean cleaner water
Extremophiles living in our hot water heaters
Bacteria help whiteflies compete better
Scientists recreate ancient enzymes in lab to see what life was like long ago
Bacteria engineered to make biofuel out of plant waste
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 SciencePodcasters.org
...more
4min

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

2,056 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