BacterioFiles Micro Edition 9 - Breastmilk Builds Babies' Bifidus

This episode: Breastmilk nourishes bacterial allies too!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**More on gulf microbes

**Treating cancer with Salmonella

**Extremophiles and astrobiology

**Paper about bacteria as fertilizer

**Viral art

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 8 - Uncovering Undiscovered Unguents

This episode: Mining microbes for new compounds!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**A yeast may help treat plant diseases

**Tasty ocean microbes are dying

**Breastmilk bacteria may defend against HIV

**Bacteria riding on small creatures in water reach new places

**Synthetic engineers find circuit that makes bacteria pop

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This Week in Virology - 1% Scope?

Usually the podcast This Week in Virology is focused on viruses that make us sick (that's the tagline for the show, even), but this episode was somewhat unusual. It was live from the meeting of the American Society for Virology, with some special guests. The first half of the show, especially, was about how probably only 1% of viruses actually cause disease, and many of the remaining 99% may be beneficial. The focus was on plants, which was pretty interesting, but there was talk about animal viruses as well. I recommend it to any microbe lovers!

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 7 - Ligneous Life Loves Little Lithotrophs

This episode: Trees grow their own good bacteria!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Microbes from deep ocean could have useful chemicals

**Discovery of organism that eats oil

**River microbes respond to pharmaceutical remnants
**Article about oil-degrading microbes

**Studying microbes in coldest place

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 6 - Acid Animalcules Against AIDS

This episode: A preventative treatment for AIDS using live bacteria!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Community structure on microbial fuel cells may not be ideal

**Microbes making alkanes, components of biofuel

**Marine microbes inhibit biofilm formation of pathogens
**Microbes are important for health

**Studying the origins of oil

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 5 - Small Supplements Sustain Soft Skin

This episode: Mother's probiotic treatment prevents disease in child!

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

Other interesting stories:
**Paper about how gut microbes change in infant

**The levels of tasty ocean microbes may change

**Story about why there are so many species in the ocean
**Viral remnants in human genome may keep us healthy

**Bacteria help produce aluminum more cleanly

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 4 - Splicing Spider Silk Sequences

This episode: Making spider silk with bacteria!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Company making biofuels for navy

**NY Times on probiotics

**About bacteria that seem eukaryotic
**NY Times about fuel from algae

**Microbes flying from Sahara to Spain

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