BacterioFiles Episode 14

In this show, I report on four exciting stories: microbial electrosynthesis, desert dust that affects ocean microbes, bacteria dividing unequally, and bacteria that can make you smarter.

(Image credit: Matthias Christen)


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Download Sections:
Intro
Story 1
Story 2
Story 3
Story 4
Ending Comments

Show notes:
Story 1: News item/Journal paper
Story 2: News item/Journal Paper
Story 3: News item/Journal Paper
Story 4: News article 1/News article 2

Other interesting stories:
**More about microbes and the BP oil spill

**An article about microbes and climate

**Life in a subzero Arctic spring

**A modified virus that could treat childhood brain tumors

**Mutated oral bacteria could give clue to Alzheimer's

**In slime molds, the first to starve wins

**Using microbes to generate hydrogen

**Probiotic organism in breastmilk good for infant digestion

**Genome of brown algae gives clues to evolution of multicellularity and photosynthesis

**Study of bacteria that live inside fungi that live inside plants

**How microbes affect precipitation/another site

**The relationship between bacteria and obesity/another site

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