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:

December 01, 2010BacterioFiles Micro Edition 20 - Archaea Advanced Apart
This episode: Our archaeal ancestors may have been more important to us than bacterial!
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Show notes:
Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
About the bacterial immune system
Company patents microbe that makes and secretes biofuels from sunlight
Bacteria ate up gases before oil in gulf
A pickle spoilage bacterium could help clean up environment
Heat-loving microbes in Arctic could hibernate for 100 million years
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November 10, 2010BacterioFiles Micro Edition 19 - Meager Meals Maintain Microbes
This episode: Archaea subsist on extremely little.
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
Probiotics may have some effect on tooth decay
Repeated antibiotic treatment may hurt helpful gut bacteria
Helpful fungi may help crop growth, depending on farm management
Yeast study shows that sometimes selfishness is good for the group
Mathematical models for bacterial growth
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3min
November 02, 2010BacterioFiles Micro Edition 18 - Predators Provoke Prokaryote Prey
This episode: Bacteria smell predators and cluster together for protection!
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Show notes:
Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
Bacteria as part of self-healing concrete
Making sunscreen from bacteria
How old are viruses?
Paper on how probiotics may work
Insect-borne plant pathogen may eat its insect carrier
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3min
October 21, 2010BacterioFiles Micro Edition 17 - Radical Radiation Resistance
This episode: Bacteria super-resistant to radiation: here's how!

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Show notes:
News story 1/News story 2/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
Thrifty bacteria spend less on expensive proteins in hard times
Using cold virus to treat cancer
Paper about microbial enhancement of oil recovery
Probiotics could prevent colic in babies
Cannibal bacteria could be source of new antibiotics
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5min
October 14, 2010BacterioFiles Micro Edition 16 - Capturing Costly Catalysts
This episode: Using bacteria to recover precious metals like palladium!
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Show notes:
News story/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
Virus could fight malaria without resistance to it evolving
A while ago, microbes made life possible in barren oceans
The oil spill might actually be degraded quickly, thanks to newly discovered microbes
Using nanotech to manipulate light to help algae grow to produce biofuels
Giving fungus sunscreen to help it fight crop-eating insects
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October 10, 2010BacterioFiles Micro Edition 15 - Terrific Tiny Transplants
This episode: Potentially useful bacterial transplants!

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Show notes:
News story/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
Giving yeast plant-digesting genes
Using dog droppings to light dog park
Microbes can cause gas explosions
Aphids have modified their immune system to accommodate microbial symbiotes
Paper on gut microbes of the elderly
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5min
September 30, 2010BacterioFiles Micro Edition 14 - Bacteria Bind Bankrupt Bills Better
This episode: The relation between economy and bacteria!

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Show notes:
News story/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
How we could use bacteria to make Mars habitable
We share space with millions of bacteria
Using bacteria to reduce toxic compounds when processing potatoes and coffee
Bacterial immune system enzyme identified
Bacteria used at Oktoberfest to keep bad smells away

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September 24, 2010BacterioFiles Micro Edition 13 - Formidable Filaments Found
Attention! BacterioFiles is now an official podcast of MicrobeWorld.org, a site run by the American Society for Microbiology. Check out the page at microbeworld.org/bacteriofiles.

This episode: Discovery of (rather pretty) giant archaea!
Show notes:
Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
Engineering E. coli to produce biodiesel
Article about microbes helping the environment
Microbes could prevent toxic blooms
Discovering how bacteria break down plant fibers
Fungi could degrade historical film archives
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5min
September 14, 2010 BacterioFiles Micro Edition 12 - Bacteria Barricade Bone Bits
This episode: Bacteria help preserve fossils!
Show notes:
News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Paper on viruses in a very salty lake
**Ethanol-resistant yeast good for biofuels
**An experiment forces bacteria to evolve
**Structure of adenovirus solved
**Gut microbe transplants discussed

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4min
September 08, 2010 BacterioFiles Micro Edition 11 - Fuels Fixed from Fumes
This episode: Making biofuels from fumes!
Show notes:
News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Oil plume resists degradation more than expected
**Preserving the Titanic digitally before microbes eat it all
**Bacteria survive on the Space Station for more than a year

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3min

FAQs about BacterioFiles:

How many episodes does BacterioFiles have?

The podcast currently has 676 episodes available.

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