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Podcast title | BacterioFiles
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Description | The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses. | |
Updated | Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:12:51 +0000 | |
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1. BacterioFiles 336 - Phages Fortify Friendly Fighters http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 12.94Mb) Description: This episode: Phage therapy can work very well when combined with an effective immune response from the host! Download Episode (12.9 MB, 14.1 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacteria make antibacterial silver nanoparticles (paper) Bacteria produce chemical that could enhance effectiveness of penicillin Engineering yeast to produce valuable complex chemicals Specific types of gut microbes affect cancer treatment effectiveness Microbe-produced enzymes could help clean oil spills
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2. BacterioFiles 335 - Purported Paraprobiotic Potential http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 11.57Mb) Description: This episode: Paraprobiotics, or killed probiotic bacteria, are studied for health effects, but results and study design are questionable! Download Episode (11.5 MB, 12.6 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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3. BacterioFiles 334 - Measuring Mycelial Moth Muncher Management http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.16Mb) Description: This episode: Figuring out the best way to study the spread of a fungus that kills an invasive tree-eating caterpillar pest! Download Episode (8.2 MB, 8.9 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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4. BacterioFiles 333 - Transposons Take Targeting Tool http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 10.78Mb) Description: This episode: Certain transposons, genetic elements that move around the genome on their own, have co-opted the bacterial immune system, CRISPR, to use for jumping to new hosts! Download Episode (10.7 MB, 11.75 minutes) Other interesting stories: Microbe found producing antibiotic previously only known to be man-made (paper) Modifying genetics to change bacterial colony colors Making microbe communities that help plants in specific ways Gut microbes can protect mice against death from sepsis Fungus affects cicada behavior to infect more hosts
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5. BacterioFiles 332 - Moth Minors Missing Microbes http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 14.00Mb) Description: This episode: Unlike most animals, caterpillars don't seem to have a resident gut microbe to help them in various ways! Download Episode (14 MB, 15.3 minutes) Other interesting stories: Improving viral delivery of gene therapy across blood-brain barrier Engineered gut bacteria bind bowel cancer and kill it with vegetables Making bacteria into synthetic phage factories (paper) Preventing contamination of industrial algae cultures using predatory bacteria (paper) Finding potential new antibiotics in cockroach microbes (paper)
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6. BacterioFiles 331 - Password Protein Poisons Pairings http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 12.47Mb) Description: This episode: How social bacteria societies function: by sharing enzyme packages with each other that can contain toxins that are deadly for rivals but not for friends! Download Episode (12.4 MB, 13.6 minutes) Other interesting stories: Attaching proteins to little bioplastic beads to make useful nanoparticles (paper) Fungi are very important for nutrient cycling in the world Friendly soil microbes inject plant pathogens with toxin Microbes are carried around the world through the atmosphere Arctic algae can grow even in super cold and dark conditions
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7. BacterioFiles 330 - Polar Plasmid Produces Particles http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 17.77Mb) Description: This episode: A plasmid discovered in Antarctic archaea can create virus-like particles, membrane vesicles, and transfer itself to new hosts! Download Episode (17.7 MB, 19.4 minutes) Other interesting stories: Probiotic bacteria good at metabolizing potentially helpful plant compounds (paper) Bacteria can harvest precious metals from waste to make catalytic particles (paper) Bacteria help mice avoid chemotherapy-induced autoimmunity (paper) Exercise could be healthy partly because it modifies gut microbe community Gut microbe community may help some bats live long (paper)
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8. BacterioFiles 329 - Special Secreting Structure Studied http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.78Mb) Description: This episode: New type of secretion system discovered that bacteria use to stab amoeba predators to escape their digestion! Download Episode (7.8 MB, 8.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Gut microbe metabolites keep yeasts from taking over (paper) Ancient fungi extracted minerals that helped ancient plants create oxygen How microbes survive on and affect tombstones (paper) Stomach bacterium produces interesting anti-inflammatory compound (paper) Finding archaea in the human lung, gut, skin, and nose (paper)
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9. BacterioFiles 328 - Focused Phages Fight Films http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.57Mb) Description: This episode: Phages bound to magnetic nanoparticles can be guided and pulled toward their target, penetrating biofilms to kill harmful microbes! Download Episode (9.6 MB, 10.4 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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10. BacterioFiles 327 - Microbe Metabolite Meliorates Malaise http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.99Mb) Description: This episode: Gut microbes in mice break down plant foods and produce molecules that stimulate the immune system to resist influenza! Download Episode (9 MB, 9.8 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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11. BacterioFiles 326 - Ciliate Symbionts Selected Separately http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.76Mb) Description: This episode: Learning about endosymbionts by comparing bacteria living inside eukaryotes to their free-living cousins! Download Episode (9.7 MB, 10.6 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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12. BacterioFiles 325 - Moisture Mobilizes Mycelium Multiples http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.74Mb) Description: This episode: Figuring out how mushrooms launch their spores out using a trick of water surface tension! Download Episode (6.7 MB, 7.3 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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13. BacterioFiles 324 - Prokaryote Prefers Poorer Power http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.12Mb) Description: This episode: Hot spring archaea prefer to use elements that give them less energy even when more energetic options are available! Download Episode (8.1 MB, 8.8 minutes) Other interesting stories: Developing good methods for using skin microbiome for forensics (paper) Microbe discovered that consumes groundwater contaminant dioxane Mucus-eating gut microbes can produce beneficial nutrients and vitamins (paper) Making new beer and wine flavors with different yeast Providing leaf microbiota to help endangered plants survive in wild
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14. BacterioFiles 323 - Clostridium Capturing Carbon with Walter Sandoval http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 37.02Mb) Description: This episode: I talk with Dr. Walter Sandoval-Espinola, a researcher from Paraguay, now a postdoc at Harvard, about his discovery that biofuel-producing bacteria Clostridium beijerinckii can also transform CO2 and carbon monoxide into biofuels! Download Episode (37 MB, 40.4 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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15. BacterioFiles 322 - Parents' Partners Protect Plants http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 10.34Mb) Description: Happy New Year! This episode: Fungal endophytes transferred from healthy adult plant leaf litter help baby cacao plants resist disease! Download Episode (10.3 MB, 11.25 minutes) Other interesting stories: Using bacteria to clean up radioactive strontium from water (paper) Ocean bacteria make themselves slippery instead of sticky to avoid predators (paper) Which plants grow in tropics depends on how fungi interact with their seeds Using an antibiotic-sensing protein to control antibiotic production in bacteria Symbiotic fungi can help plants tolerate stresses better
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16. BacterioFiles 321 - Escherichia Extends elegans Existence http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.88Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria with various gene knockouts help roundworms live longer and with less disease! Download Episode (9.9 MB, 10.75 minutes) Other interesting stories: Useful reviews and guide to commercial probiotic selection at Reviews.com Success of high-fiber diet depends on gut microbes Engineering microbes to produce fluorine-containing polymers (like Teflon) Using mosquito gut bacteria to prevent malaria spread Bacteria and archaea in harsh places share genes often (paper)
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17. BacterioFiles 320 - Fortified Fungi Fight Fevers http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.78Mb) Description: This episode: Fungi modified to produce spider and scorpion toxins kill malaria-transmitting mosquitoes extra fast! Download Episode (7.8 MB, 8.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Virus-like protein helps bacteria eat fungi (paper) Molecules from good bacteria help animals stay healthy for longer (paper) Zika virus could help treat brain cancer Probiotic bacterium helps prevent gluten-related gut problems in mice (paper) Native vs. invader microbes help or prevent invasive marine plants invade
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18. BacterioFiles 319 - Mycelial Moisture Magnanimity http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 10.45Mb) Description: This episode: Filament network-forming organisms like fungi can transfer nutrients and moisture to bacteria in harsher conditions! Download Episode (10.4 MB, 11.4 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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19. BacterioFiles 318 - Killers Controlling Coral Contamination http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 12.82Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria that prey on other bacteria could help keep corals healthy! Thanks to Rory Welsh for his contribution. Download Episode (12.8 MB, 14 minutes) Other interesting stories: Using trees and their microbes to clean up pollution Using bacteria to preserve/repair stone monuments and statues (paper) Stable gut microbes could help defend against amoeba infection Phage therapy treats very resistant infection in person Probiotic + probiotic food could help prevent infant sepsis (paper)
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20. BacterioFiles 317 - Mosquito Microbe Movement http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 11.35Mb) Description: This episode: Studying how Wolbachia bacteria spread through a mosquito population helps efforts to use them to prevent the spread of Dengue! Thanks to Tom Schmidt for his contribution. Download Episode (11.3 MB, 12.4 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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21. BacterioFiles 316 - Studying Sizeable Special Synthetases http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.71Mb) Description: This episode: Scientists study how fungi make interesting peptides using large proteins instead of ribosomes. Download Episode (8.7 MB, 9.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Using CRISPR to encode a short movie into a bacterial genome (paper) Virus that tolerates boiling acid could be model for super-tough nanomaterials Avoiding microbiota disruption protects frogs from parasites Soil microbe communities are also recovering in prairie restoration Couples modify each other's microbe communities, though not much
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22. BacterioFiles 315 - Probiotics Prevent Protein Plaques http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 11.88Mb) Description: This episode: In mice genetically modified to have Alzheimer's-like disease, giving probiotics reduced their degeneration! Download Episode (11.8 MB, 13 minutes) Other interesting stories: Fruit fly bacteria attack wasps' ribosomes that attack them Bacteria living on the eye protect it from infection New technique to prevent CRISPR/Cas from functioning Tardigrades should be able to survive almost any kind of planetary catastrophe Using fungi to recover/clean up metals from liquid (paper)
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23. BacterioFiles 314 - Drosophila Dwellers Delay Deficiency http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 14.75Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria affect fruit fly behavior by reducing their need and craving for protein-rich food! Download Episode (14.7 MB, 16.1 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacteria could help remove lead from mining waste (paper) Modified bacteria could make natural food coloring economically Diet correlates with gut microbe community structure better than body weight does (paper) Fungal symbionts in Arctic thawing out may help trees deal with heat How good are commercial microbiota tests?
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24. BacterioFiles 313 - Colonies Correct Chloride Corrosion http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 13.44Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria could help treat corrosion to preserve ancient iron artifacts! Download Episode (13.4 MB, 14.7 minutes) Other interesting stories: Archaeal communities on skin change with age Using viruses to deliver useful stuff to the nervous system Polymer-coating bacteria to improve their electricity-generating ability 61% of yeast essential genes can be replaced by E. coli versions (paper) Breast milk and skin are important sources of microbes for infants (paper)
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25. BacterioFiles 312 - Antibiotic Acts As Agreement http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 10.05Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria that produce antibiotic molecule can also use it for communication between cells! Download Episode (10 MB, 11 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacteria may be key to certain grasses' success (paper) Small-genome bacteria have old school space-saving multi-function enzymes (paper) Using electricity to help microbes clean up pollution (paper) (see here also) Photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic organisms cooperate in ocean Phage therapy with CRISPR-modified viruses
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26. BacterioFiles 311 - Synchronized Slimes Spread Slowly http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 14.24Mb) Description: This episode: Separate groups of bacteria can each thrive better when they take turns growing instead of competing! Download Episode (14.2 MB, 15.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Microbe prefers making its own siderophores rather than relying on others' (paper) Deep-sea animals live off microbes that eat oil Correlating gut microbiome differences with anorexia (paper) Having microbes affects mice's perception of internal pain Bacteria that digest gluten could be helpful as probiotics (paper)
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27. BacterioFiles 310 - Prodigious Particles Produce Proteins http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 11.28Mb) Description: This episode: Newly discovered giant viruses almost build their own replication machinery instead of using their host's! Download Episode (11.2 MB, 12.3 minutes) Other interesting stories: Using insect bacteria to control devastating citrus disease Microbes give meerkat gangs their signature scents Bacteria use a special trick with their flagella to get unstuck (paper) Fecal transplant microbes can stick around for years after treatment Probiotics could help protect honeybees from pesticides
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28. BacterioFiles 309 - Fungus Foils Phytophagy http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.50Mb) Description: This episode: Fungi living in plants could protect them from ants that cut up their leaves to feed their own fungal gardens! Download Episode (7.5 MB, 8.2 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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29. BacterioFiles 308 - Predators' Projectile Prototypes http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.24Mb) Description: This episode: Eukaryotic ocean microbes have surprisingly diverse and complex ballistic weapons! Download Episode (8.2 MB, 9 minutes) Other interesting stories: Astronaut Kate Rubin's experience as microbiologist in space (paywall) Engineered nitrogen-fixing bacteria can reduce need for fertilizer (paper) Diversity of bacterial communities on leaves linked with ecosystem productivity (paper) Using parts of phages to do rapid detection of pathogens (paper) Microbiome modification contributes to effect of diabetes medication
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30. BacterioFiles 307 - Simplified Stable Soil Symbiosis http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 12.58Mb) Description: This episode: A stable community of only 7 bacteria around corn roots take on similar functions to the much more diverse soil community! Download Episode (12.5 MB, 13.75 minutes) Other interesting stories: Gut community correlates with inflammatory bowel disease treatment effectiveness Bacteria-produced hydrogen in soil could feed other plant-benefiting microbes (paper) Engineered bacteria could treat genetic disease by digesting things for people who can't (paper) Engineered cancer-killing virus also delivers therapy directly to tumors (paper) Using microbes to create clothing that adapts in color and ventilation (paper)
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31. BacterioFiles 306 - Microbes Moderate Metabolic Maladjustment http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.46Mb) Description: This episode: Microbes from obese mice seemed helpful in protecting other mice somewhat from an unhealthy lifestyle. Download Episode (8.5 MB, 9.25 minutes) Other interesting stories: Global warming could harm reptiles by disrupting their gut bacteria Insect microbes that start causing disease but then stop when their numbers get higher Microbes in sea spray affect the atmosphere and climate How breastmilk bacteria affect infant's gut community Sea sponge bacteria can produce toxic flame retardant chemicals
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32. BacterioFiles 305 - Defensive Disordered Desiccation http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 11.89Mb) Description: This episode: Tardigrades have an interesting way of surviving complete drying out: by producing proteins lacking a stable structure! Download Episode (11.8 MB, 13 minutes) Other interesting stories: Gut microbes are important for many bee bodily functions (paper) Bacterium helps defend insects but makes plants sick Bacteria can mutate faster or slower to adapt to their environment Cyanobacteria respond to different colors of light in different ways (paper)(commentary) Intense prolonged exercise could negatively impact the gut community
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33. BacterioFiles 304 - Phages Facilitate Photosynthesis http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.64Mb) Description: This episode: Viruses infecting cyanobacteria can produce proteins that actually help their host capture light better! Download Episode (6.6 MB, 7.25 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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34. BacterioFiles 303 - Sticky Skin Sows Cells http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 11.14Mb) Description: This episode: Roundworms in soil can carry with them bacteria they eat to grow new food, like farmers! Download Episode (11.1 MB, 12.15 minutes) Other interesting stories: Using modified CRISPR for quick detection of infections Modifying cyanobacterium cell length to make extracting biofuels easier (paper) Fusing phage proteins with antibodies to better target pathogens Some amoebas can penetrate biofilms to feed on dangerous bacteria (paper) Phages have some advantages over antibiotics
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35. BacterioFiles 302 - Message Moderates Microbe Mortality http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 12.73Mb) Description: This episode: Even organisms as simple as viruses can communicate with each other! Download Episode (12.7 MB, 13.9 minutes) Other interesting stories: Engineering gut bacteria to detect and report gut inflammation Plants give fat to their root fungi in exchange for other nutrients Gut microbe metabolite linked with lower risk of diabetes Making bioelectrodes by embedding bacteria in glass (paper) Using CRISPR to discover new drug-producing bacterial genes
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36. BacterioFiles 301 - Cells Simulate City Structures http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 10.70Mb) Description: This episode: Ancient microbes built underwater structures that look like sunken, ancient cities! Download Episode (10.6 MB, 11.7 minutes) Other interesting stories: Insecticide-resistant insects have insecticide-degrading gut bacteria (paper) Microbe spores that can survive in space Fungus-gardening ants are choosy about how much CO2 they want in their gardens (paper) Biochar helps microbes transfer electrons around in soil Exposure of infants to furry pets affects microbiota
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37. BacterioFiles 300 - Hyphae Help Horizontal (Gene Transfer) http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 13.23Mb) Description: This episode: Filament-forming organisms help bacteria swim through soil and exchange genes with each other! Also, new feature: microbe of the episode! Download Episode (13.2 MB, 14.4 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacterial DNA reduces mouse airway allergies Changes in microbiomes of people in 500-day space simulation (paper) Using advanced electron microscopy to visualize giant virus Bacterial predators find prey by both being trapped by their own whirlpools Many unusual viruses are moving around in the fluids of the rocky ocean floor
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38. BacterioFiles 299 - Predator Pops Polymer Producers http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.31Mb) Description: This episode: Using predatory bacteria to extract valuable bioplastics from other bacteria! Download Episode (6.3 MB, 6.9 minutes) Other interesting stories: Phages could treat infections serious in cystic fibrosis Microbes help protect plants against virus infection (paper) Getting closer to fecal transplant in pill form Microbe communities in overused land recover as vegetation is restored Deep sea phage makes a DNA polymerase that doesn't need primers (paper)
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39. BacterioFiles 298 - Bacteria Boost Bone Buildup http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.52Mb) Description: This episode: Gut microbes can even affect formation/remodeling of bones! Download Episode (8.5 MB, 9.3 minutes) Other interesting stories: Raindrops can spread soil bacteria around everywhere Lots to learn from studying sauerkraut (paywall) Only some bacteria in a colony do all the expanding and multiplying (paper) Phage genes help Wolbachia prevent host insects from interbreeding with uninfected hosts (paper) Probiotic bacteria could help prevent damage from heavy metals (paper)
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40. BacterioFiles 297 - Defenders Develop Disease Decrease http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.70Mb) Description: This episode: Beneficial microbes defend roundworms against a pathogen and pressure it to evolve to cause less disease! Download Episode (7.7 MB, 8.4 minutes) Other interesting stories: Fungus eats dead insects and keeps bacterial competitors away (paper) Soil microbes are better for green roof soils than chemical fertilizers Soil microbes make tuberculosis-treating chemicals Parkinson's and treatments can have detectable effects on microbiome Aspergillus fungi have a lot of potential uses
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41. BacterioFiles 296 - Predator Permits Pathogen Penetration http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.08Mb) Description: This episode: Tiny crustaceans eat paramecia, allowing viruses to infect algae inside them! Download Episode (9.1 MB, 9.9 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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42. BacterioFiles 295 - Fly Ferries Fungus Feebleness http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.84Mb) Description: This episode: Fungus-eating flies transfer viruses that help make fungi less harmful to plants! Download Episode (7.8 MB, 8.5 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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43. BacterioFiles 294 - Bacteria Benefit Bad Burns http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.34Mb) Description: This episode: Probiotic bacteria prevent deadly infections in mice with serious burns! Download Episode (6.3 MB, 6.92 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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44. BacterioFiles 293 - Millet Microbe Makes Meshes http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.54Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria in finger millet roots create special killing traps for damaging fungi! Download Episode (7.5 MB, 8.25 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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45. BacterioFiles 292 - Testing Tardigrade Tolerance Tricks http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.34Mb) Description: This episode: Tiny super-resistant animals, tardigrades, make proteins that can directly shield DNA from radiation! Download Episode (7.3 MB, 8 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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46. BacterioFiles 291 - Pseudomonas Cyanide Supplies Seed Sustenance http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.48Mb) Description: This episode: Cyanide-producing bacteria help plants grow, not by harming pathogens but by freeing up nutrients! Download Episode (8.5 MB, 9.25 minutes) Other interesting stories: Pooling samples from multiple donors could help fecal transplant effectiveness (paper) Phage-resistant bacteria can become vulnerable by taking up sensitive genes How mice are handled affects results of mouse gut microbe studies (paper) Bacteria communicate with electrical signals Shrubland plants and microbes always negotiating
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47. BacterioFiles 290 - Lichens' Little Lodgers http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.16Mb) Description: I'm back! This episode: Lichens, long known to be a partnership between fungi and algae, now discovered to have an important third member! Download Episode (8.1 MB, 8.9 minutes) Other interesting stories: Some protists like to eat archaea (paper) Bee bacteria can break down harmful sugars in bee food (paper) Testing how best to use mosquito bacteria to block virus transmission (paper) Studying Inuit gut microbes Temperature affects Wolbachia health in mosquitoes (paper)
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48. BacterioFiles Special - Novozymes' Nathan Cude http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 14.12Mb) Description: This episode: An interview with Dr. Nathan Cude, team leader at Novozymes BioAg Alliance, working on finding and bringing to market soil microbes that can help crops grow! Download Episode (14.1 MB, 15.4 minutes) Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Google Play. Support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
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49. BacterioFiles 289 - Prehistoric Paired Prokaryote Partners http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.13Mb) Description: This episode: Great apes' specific gut microbe communities have been with us for millions of years! Download Episode (9.1 MB, 10 minutes) Other interesting stories: Gut bacteria could help treat kidney disease (paper) Virus that infects viruses acts as genomic antiviral defense for host Microbial archaeology studies bacteria resistant to copper in medieval foundry (paper) Bacteria embedded in porous stones make good water filters (paper) Computers can use microbes to estimate time of death
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50. BacterioFiles 288 - Caulobacter's Copper Coping Capabilities http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.89Mb) Description: This episode: Some bacterial species use multiple strategies within a single population to deal with environmental challenges! Download Episode (8.9 MB, 9.7 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacteria help starved, developing rats get more nutrition from the same food (paper) Creating gut microbe communities to resist pathogens (paper) Predatory bacteria can treat infections in zebrafish larvae Nitrogen is an important element for feeding the gut community Bacterial enzymes artificially evolved to make carbon-silicon compounds
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51. BacterioFiles 287 - Producing Potent Pathogen Prophylaxes http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.22Mb) Description: This episode: Polymer-coated bacteria make really good vaccines! Download Episode (9.2 MB, 10 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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52. BacterioFiles 286 - Prokaryote Prevents Pregnancy Pathogen http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.12Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria in mosquito cells can block transmission of Zika virus! Download Episode (8.1 MB, 8.9 minutes) Other interesting stories: Modified bacteria change behavior as temperature changes Ants' bacteria produce antifungal compounds (paper) Gut microbes may be related to macular degeneration E. coli could be used to make vaccines (paper) Using bacteria to produce testosterone (paper)
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53. BacterioFiles 285 - Sultry Snow Cell Sun Screen http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.82Mb) Description: This episode: Algae growing in Arctic snow make red pigments that heat up their surroundings! Download Episode (6.8 MB, 7.5 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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54. BacterioFiles 284 - Remedies Reduce Recipient Rejection http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.60Mb) Description: This episode: Modifying mice's microbial communities increased mouse survival before a transplantation was rejected by their immune system! Download Episode (9.6 MB, 10.5 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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55. BacterioFiles 283 - Phages Furnish Photosynthetic Fortifications http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.79Mb) Description: This episode: Viruses infecting photosynthetic bacteria could transfer immunity to other viruses between their hosts! Download Episode (6.8 MB, 7.4 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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56. BacterioFiles 282 - Mycobacteria Make Mice Mellow http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.80Mb) Description: This episode: Vaccinating mice with heat-killed soil bacteria reduced their stressed behavior and inflammation! Download Episode (9.8 MB, 10.7 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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57. BacterioFiles 281 - Prokaryote Partners Produce Plastic http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 12.09Mb) Description: This episode: Microbes with complementary abilities help each other grow and produce useful stuff from the air! Download Episode (12 MB, 13.2 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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58. BacterioFiles 280 - Saccharomyces Smash Small Spaces http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 5.46Mb) Description: This episode: Microbes in tight spaces grow so much they can build up pressure and burst out! Download Episode (5.5 MB, 6 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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59. BacterioFiles 279 - Hijacker Heightened Hyphal Heterogeneity http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.90Mb) Description: This episode: Fungi control their cell's growth and division with a protein from a virus, unlike all other kinds of eukaryote! Download Episode (8.9 MB, 9.75 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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60. BacterioFiles 278 - Fungal Family Friends and Foes http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.07Mb) Description: This episode: Some fungi change from making plants sick to being helpful to plants! How do plants react to them? Download Episode (8.1 MB, 8.8 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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61. BacterioFiles 277 - Sailor Cells Store Selenium http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.13Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria with their own magnetic compass can also clean up and recover toxic but valuable elements! Download Episode (6.1 MB, 6.7 minutes) Other interesting stories: Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe at iTunes or Google Play, support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook |
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62. BacterioFiles 276 - Single-cell Slime School http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 8.80Mb) Description: This episode: Individual slime molds show the ability to learn about their environment! Download Episode (8.8 MB, 9.6 minutes) Other interesting stories: Lactobacilli could control fungal plant pathogen (paper) Probiotics may not be helpful if one is genetically unable to respond to them Activity of gut microbes can affect nervous system inflammation Biofilms develop good electrical conductivity (paper) Three ways antibiotics affect more than just infections Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe at iTunes or Google Play, support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook |
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63. BacterioFiles 275 - Building Bacterial Batteries http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.46Mb) Description: This episode: Scientists build a battery out of microbes and electrodes that can store and release electricity repeatedly! Download Episode (7.5 MB, 8.1 minutes) Other interesting stories: Viruses are transferred with fecal transplant, but only ones that attack bacteria (paper) Communities of microbes on skin don't change much Antibodies from mother in milk help babies tolerate good microbes Bacteria could help control insects by killing males More associations between childhood bacteria and asthma
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64. BacterioFiles 274 - Proteobacteria Purify Piscine Pee http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.40Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria in the gills of fish help break down their metabolic wastes before they reach toxic levels! Download Episode (9 MB, 9.8 minutes) Other interesting stories: How do microbes live in the harsh conditions of salt-secreting tree leaves? (paper) Bacteria inside fungi affect how they interact with plants (paper) Wolbachia may prevent dengue transmission by affecting mosquito lipids (paper) Effects from fungi in soil can be detected from space Bacterial mosquito symbionts block Zika transmission
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65. BacterioFiles 273 - Bottle-Biting Bacteria http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.45Mb) Description: This episode: Newly discovered bacteria can break down especially long-lived type of plastic! Download Episode (6.4 MB, 7 minutes) Other interesting stories: Worms may help gut health by modifying microbe community Figuring out how breastmilk helps babies' microbes Gut bacteria can affect fruit fly reproduction (paper) Bacteria can crawl along and kill fungal filaments (paper) Feeding mice fiber for bacteria increases their anti-inflammatory effect (paper)
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66. BacterioFiles 272 - Parasite Prevents Pollution Poisoning http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.88Mb) Description: This episode: Worm parasites infecting brine shrimp help them survive better in arsenic-polluted environments! Download Episode (7.9 MB, 8.6 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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67. BacterioFiles 271 - Dictyostelium Delivers DNA Deathtraps http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 11.22Mb) Description: This episode: Slime molds have special cells that capture and kill bacteria using traps made of DNA! Download Episode (11.2 MB, 12.25 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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68. BacterioFiles 270 - Bacteria Block Bug Babies http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 13.34Mb) Description: This episode: Insect gut microbes can be engineered to act as birth control, population control, or disease control for bugs! Download Episode (13.3 MB, 14.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Various different yeasts help make coffee and chocolate Maybe treating endangered animals for parasites is not a good idea Empty virus could be useful for carrying things to specific places Fungus treatment could help make more environment-friendly fiberboard (paper) Algae can count how many times they've divided
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69. BacterioFiles 269 - Magnetic Microbes Maim MRSA http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 10.66Mb) Description: This episode: Killing pathogens by attaching magnetotactic bacteria to them and then raising the heat with magnetic fields! Download Episode (10.6 MB, 11.6 minutes) Other interesting stories: Plant root symbiont that degrades plastic pollutants (paper) Phages can kill pathogens in gut without affecting other microbes (paper) Mouth bacteria could inhibit other cavity-forming microbes (paper) Plant accepts help from fungus only when necessary Bacteria seem involved in forming deposits of platinum metals
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70. BacterioFiles 268 - Sophisticated Cyanobacterium Sight http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.74Mb) Description: This episode: Spherical cyanobacterium Synechocystis acts like a tiny eyeball in sensing light, allowing cells to move closer to light sources! Download Episode (9.7 MB, 10.6 minutes) Other interesting stories: Discovering how to get more biofuels out of algae Bacteria could help prevent cavities Probiotic carrying virus in its genome fights pathogens better than without virus (paper) Giving probiotic to pregnant mice influences immune system of babies (paper) Combined phage and probiotics could treat E. coli infections (paper)
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71. BacterioFiles 267 - Crust Color Cooks Communities http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 6.97Mb) Description: This episode: Cyanobacteria in biocrusts produce pigments that heat their surroundings up to 10 degrees hotter! Download Episode (7 MB, 7.6 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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72. BacterioFiles 266 - Solar Cyborg Cells Capture Carbon http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.73Mb) Description: This episode: Adding exotic elements to convert spore-forming bacteria into light-capturing cyborgs that convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals! Download Episode (9.7 MB, 10.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Unusual archaeal virus sorta looks like Ebola (paper) Understanding how probiotics could prevent cancer in mice (paper) Giant viruses have immune system against virophages Using evolution to help yeast produce more ethanol from biomass (paper) Remnants of viruses in our DNA helps us fight off infections
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73. BacterioFiles 265 - Predator Protein Protects Predator http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.28Mb) Description: This episode: Predatory bacteria have a particular protein that protects them from their own prey-damaging enzymes! Download Episode (7.3 MB, 7.9 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacterial proteins could be used to break open cells upon command Animal gut fungi could break down plant material for biofuels Fungal partners help determine which trees can grow in a forest Parasitic fungi contribute to ocean algae turnover (paper) Fungus in tree inhibits other fungi and plants (paper)
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74. BacterioFiles 264 - Small Cells Stimulate Satiety http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 7.69Mb) Description: This episode: Proteins from gut bacteria seems to affect hunger and satiety in their (rodent) hosts! Download Episode (7.7 MB, 8.3 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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75. BacterioFiles 263 - Germ Jettisoned Jellyfish Genes http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 7.66Mb) Description: This episode: Microscopic parasites of fish and worms actually came from jellyfish-like animals, after losing most of their genome! Download Episode (7.7 MB, 8.3 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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76. BacterioFiles 262 - Pathogen Polyketide Protects and Punishes http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 12.43Mb) Description: This episode: Clostridium bacteria that infect potatoes can both kill competitors and tolerate oxygen, thanks to the pink compounds they produce! Download Episode (12.4 MB, 13.5 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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77. BacterioFiles 261 - Pilfered Parasitoid Proteins Protect Prey http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 13.86Mb) Description: This episode: Viruses domesticated by parasitoid wasps have transferred wasp genes to caterpillar victims, allowing them to survive deadly infections from other viruses! This means that Monarch butterflies are effectively naturally Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Download Episode (13.8 MB, 15 minutes) Other interesting stories: Similar math can describe electrons flowing and bacteria swimming Natural plant bacteria can control corn pathogen (paper) CO2 in oceans makes them acidic, bacteria less able to recycle dead material Making wood better for biofuel affects community of plant microbes A place on Earth where even microbes might not live
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78. BacterioFiles 260 - Endoriftia Evacuate Expired Employers http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 9.05Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria in hydrothermal vents that feed their host tubeworms evacuate when their hosts perish! Download Episode (9 MB, 9.8 minutes) Other interesting stories: Making bacteria sensors from phages oriented along electric fields Insecticide-producing bacteria could treat parasite infections Probiotics can help by improving overall gut community (paper) Plant virus could induce immune response against cancer Exercise early in life could develop better microbiome
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79. BacterioFiles 259 - Fluke Froth Fosters Fester Fixing http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 13.44Mb) Description: This episode: I converse with Dr. Michael Smout about a liver fluke parasite could help heal chronic wounds more quickly! Download Episode (13.4 MB, 14.6 minutes) Other interesting stories: Good bacteria help protect fish from pathogens (paper) New microbes from glacial ice could be useful (paper) Making hybrid yeast could create potentially useful strains Cooperating bacteria exclude non-cooperators from their colonies Engineered bacteria can have built-in kill switches to control them in environment (paywall)
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80. BacterioFiles 258 - Transformed Toxin Translocates Treatments http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 11.11Mb) Description: This episode: Bacterial toxins could be modified to deliver life-saving proteins into neurons! Download Episode (11.1 MB, 12.1 minutes) Other interesting stories: Treating infant formula with bacteriophages could prevent deadly infection Fungus makes silver nanoparticles that fight other, pathogenic fungus (paper) Fungal symbionts affects how plants interact with soil microbes (paper) Bacteria can help control plant-damaging worms (paper) Microbes help fight toxin-producing fungi on coffee (paper)
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81. BacterioFiles 257 - Phage Fibers Fight Phyllosphere Foes http://traffic.libsyn.com/bact... download (audio/mpeg, 9.06Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria have repeatedly captured and used the tails of phages to fight each other! Download Episode (9 MB, 9.8 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacterial immune system can make plants resistant to viruses Viruses are (usually) tiny but interesting Gut microbes may have surprising effects on our behavior Engineering viruses to use quantum effects for better solar cells Probiotic bacteria could help with Type 2 diabetes (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 Facebook Thumbnail image: Cultures of Pseudomonas syringae van Hall taken from bean halo blight colonies. By: Howard F. Schwartz, The Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service.
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82. BacterioFiles 256 - Virus Versus Virus http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 8.06Mb) Description: This episode: Viruses can cause host cells to inhibit other viruses! Download Episode (8 MB, 8.75 minutes) Other interesting stories: Rotating crops helps maintain healthy soil microbe communities Phages can control contamination in biofuel fermentation (paper) Bacteria actually living in wheat plants affect sourdough bread (paper) Fecal transplants of communities can overcome most drug-resistant infections Finding bacteria that can help plants grow (paper)
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83. BacterioFiles 255 - Colonizer Controls Carrier Cultivation http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 12.46Mb) Description: This episode: Some bacteria seem to cause slime mold amoebas to carry around other bacteria for food! Download Episode (12.4 MB, 13.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Fish oil vs. lard affect gut microbes differently Engineered mix of engineered bacteria produce controlled oscillations Mutation and selection makes better biomass-degrading enzymes Antibodies can be produced inside bacteria (paper) Fungus can be used to kill mosquitoes (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 Facebook |
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84. BacterioFiles 254 - Clostridium Consolidates Combustibles Conversion http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 13.94Mb) Description: This episode: Engineering bacteria to convert cellulose directly into useful biofuels and chemicals can be tricky! Download Episode (13.9 MB, 15.2 minutes) Other interesting stories: Cute photosynthetic protist could do interesting metabolic processes Using advanced technique to link antibiotic production to specific beewolf microbes Termite gut protist has bacterial symbiont that fixes carbon and nitrogen (paper) Geography and household members influence fungi and bacteria of home dust Probiotic ineffective at preventing colonization by drug-resistant pathogensPost 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 Facebook |
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85. BacterioFiles 253 - Probiotics Promote Protective Pathway http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 8.20Mb) Description: This episode: In mice and fruit flies, Lactobacillus species induce gut cells to protect themselves from reactive oxygen compounds! Download Episode (8.2 MB, 8.9 minutes) Other interesting stories: Gut microbes in mice help prevent development of diabetes Bacteria could degrade nicotine to help people quit smoking Even dead probiotic bacteria protect nematodes against pathogens (paper) Discovery of TNT-degrading yeast for bioremediation Engineered yeast can produce opioidsPost 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 Facebook |
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86. BacterioFiles 252 - Small Cells Supervise Circadian Cycles http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 8.62Mb) Description: This episode: In mice, high-fat diets affect their gut microbes, which in turn disrupts their circadian cycles and metabolic health! Download Episode (8.6 MB, 9.35 minutes) Other interesting stories:
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87. BacterioFiles 251 - Mycophagous Myrmicinae Mutualist Microbes http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 10.63Mb) Description: This episode: Gut bacteria seem to help ants with very restrictive diets flourish more! Download Episode (10.6 MB, 11.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Engineering yeast to talk to each other chemically Root bacteria could protect cocoa plants from pathogen (paper) Microbes important for stress response when mice separated from mother (paper) Bacteria produce antibiotics to compete with rivals in soil Insect pests of cabbage have detoxifying gut microbes too (paper)
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88. BacterioFiles 250 - Bacteria Boost Berry Borer Beetle Babies http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 6.88Mb) Description: This episode: Gut bacteria make it possible for coffee berry borer beetles to live entirely on caffeine-rich food! Download
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Molecule from plague bacteria could be helpful removing
rust and such (paper)
Bacteria can clean up toxic chromium pollution
(paper)
Chemical from a yeast could save bats from deadly
fungus
Cocktail of phages works better than single kind to
prevent food poisoning
Fungi help trees survive drought
conditions
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89. BacterioFiles 249 - Spores Survive Spaceship Scorching http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 10.79Mb) Description: This episode: Bacterial spores can survive atmospheric entry on an artificial meteorite! Download
Episode (10.7 MB, 11.25 minutes) Other interesting stories: Fermenting chocolate with domesticated yeasts could make it better than natural fermentation Bacteria could control robot body in fairly complex behaviors (podcast) Plants' hormones affect the microbial communities around their roots Ocean microbes make clouds that reflect extra sunlight Emphasizing the importance of microbes in the soilPost 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 Facebook Thumbnail image: A colony of thermophiles in the outflow of Mickey Hot Springs, Oregon, the water temperature is approximately 60 °C (140 °F). By: Wiki user: Amateria1121 |
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90. BacterioFiles 248 - Tiny Travelers Transport Toxin Trashers http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 14.21Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria that swarm around in groups carry other bacteria with them that can be helpful for degrading toxins! Download Episode (14.2 MB, 15.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacterium can help biofuel-producing algae grow better (paper) Super-tolerant yeasts found in high volcanic place in super-dry desert (paper) Bacteria living in even non-legume plants (like rice) could fix nitrogen for their host Algae are becoming more popular as alternative protein in food Microbiome resistance to C. difficile infection depends on many bacteria togetherPost 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 Facebook |
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91. BacterioFiles 247 - Animalcule Acetate Ameliorates Asthma http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 12.15Mb) Description: This episode: Feeding mice high-fiber diets reduces their risk of allergic airway disease, even across generations! Download Episode (12.1 MB, 13.2 minutes) Other interesting stories: Challenging bacteria with other bacteria can help for discovering useful chemicals they produce Bacteria's CRISPR systems can affect their own genome structure (paper) Observing bacterial communities to sense pollution in the environment (paper) Fruit fly bacteria reduce aggression and fighting among males Bacterial nanoparticles can enhance x-raysPost 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 Facebook |
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92. BacterioFiles 246 - Prowling Protist Predator Packs http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 10.57Mb) Description: This episode: Amoebas in soil gang up on and eat much larger roundworms! Download Episode (10.5 MB, 11.3 minutes) Other interesting stories: Fungi living inside plants produce potential anticancer compound (paper) Local bacteria help protect and nurture crops in Nigeria (paper) Squished bacteria grow as pancake-shaped cells (paper) Bacteria living in fungi that help plants have many genes taken from their hosts (paper) Engineering yeast that produce opiates cheaplyPost 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 Facebook |
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93. BacterioFiles 245 - Plant Prokaryotes Produce Protective Plaques http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 10.17Mb) Description: This episode: Bacteria around rice roots help protect plants from arsenic toxicity! Download Episode (10.1 MB, 11 minutes) Other interesting stories: Effect on gut microbes is important for benefits from fiber in diet (paper) Which aspects of nose bacterial community affect Staphylococcus colonization? (paper) Bacteria passing electrons to each other might help natural gas production (paper) Gut microbes permit insects to eat new kinds of food There's more than just bacteria and fungi (and plants and animals) in the soilPost 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 Facebook |
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94. BacterioFiles 244 - Rabbit Viruses Exploding Cancer http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 39.30Mb) Description: This episode: A conversation with Audiommunity hosts about a rabbit virus that may help treat cancer while preventing the treatment from killing the patient! Download Episode (39.2 MB, 42.9 minutes) Other interesting stories: Microbes could be useful in cleaning radioactive waste Finding algae in glacial ice on mountains Peru Soil bacteria inhibit carcinogen production by fungi (paper) Birds carry around many kinds of plant bacteria Thinking of leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens as biotech fermentations (paper) Making Azotobacter mutants that can produce fertilizer for other organisms (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 Facebook |
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95. BacterioFiles 243 - Fungal Friends Facilitate Phytoextraction (feat. Cat Adams) http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 14.68Mb) Description: This episode: A conversation with Cat Adams about how fungi help plants clean up toxic zinc nanoparticles in soil! Download Episode (14.6 MB, 16 minutes) Other interesting stories: Microbes could be useful in cleaning radioactive waste Loaded bacteria deliver antibiotic straight to target through immune system (paper) Bacterial interactions help marine algae grow Engineered luminescent probiotics could help detect cancer Bacteria could save bats from deadly fungusPost 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 Facebook |
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96. BacterioFiles 242 - Corporeal Communities Create Characterizing Codes http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 11.33Mb) Description: This episode: Features of the microbial communities of people's bodies could be used to identify individuals! Download Episode (11.3 MB, 12.3 minutes) Other interesting stories: Gut bacteria and gut cancer relate in confusing ways More about how giant Mimivirus infects its host Even seemingly helpful microbes may become harmful in certain contexts (paywall) Microbes in sewage seem to rebuild drugs that treatment plants try to remove Microbes could help keep water cleanPost 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 Facebook |
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97. BacterioFiles 241 - Colon Colonizers Control Cancer Combat http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 10.75Mb) Description: I'm back! This episode: Gut microbes enhance the effectiveness of cancer therapies! Download Episode (10.7 MB, 11.7 minutes) Other interesting stories: Microbiome an important link between diet and colon cancer Viruses can be helpful more often than we realize Fungus breaks down plant matter and makes jet fuel Engineering E. coli for better exploration of other species' genetic potential It's possible our food might be too cleanPost 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 Facebook |
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98. BacterioFiles 240 - Water Worms Make (carbon) Monoxide Meals http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 11.16Mb) Description: Reminder: this is the last episode for at least a few weeks while I am wrapping up my PhD. See you again when I'm done! This episode: Marine worms and their microbial symbionts can live on the toxic gas carbon monoxide! Download Episode (11.1 MB, 12.1 minutes) Other interesting stories: Salt-loving extremophiles eat carbon monoxide at Mars-level concentrations (paper) Better biotech processes by microbial cooperation (paper) Different ways to engineer microbes to produce propane Not all organisms share exactly the same genetic code Queen bees have different microbes than other bees (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 Facebook |
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99. BacterioFiles 239 - Familial Pheromones Fight faecalis http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 10.46Mb) Description: Just to let you know, I'm trying to finish up my dissertation and graduate in the next few months, so after episode 240, I will be putting the show on hold, at least for a few weeks (but not forever). I'll be sure to bring back some good content after I am done feeling so crunched for time though. This episode: Gut bacteria kill their drug-resistant pathogenic cousins of the same species via pheromone signaling! Download Episode 10.4 MB, 11.4 minutes) Other interesting stories: Bacterial compound could inhibit biofilms but not their builders Microbial engineering could free us from petroleum products Studying the immune regulation roles of mouse gut microbes (paper) Finding useful cold- and warm-adapted algae by season (paper) Powerful swimming microbe creates crystals of cellsPost 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 Facebook |
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100. BacterioFiles 238 - Forcing Fungal Familiarization http://www.microbeworld.org/po... download (audio/mpeg, 7.86Mb) Description: This episode: Of genes that are similar in yeast and humans, almost half of the yeast versions are functional when replaced with the human version! Download Episode (7.9 MB, 8.5 minutes) Other interesting stories: Turning algae from harmful blooms into useful products Intercropping enriches microbes that help crop yields (paper) Bacteria store energy in magnetic particles that other bacteria later take Certain gut microbes are characteristic of traditional (non-urban) lifestyles (paper) More study into how microbes make tasty foodsPost 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 Facebook |