BacterioFiles Micro Edition 97 - Prokaryote Partners Produce Power

This episode: Scientists match up bacteria to produce extra fuel from plant waste!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Using bacteria to reclaim a garbage dump from contaminants
**Researcher finds mine microbes using radioactivity for energy
**Fiber seems to be important for health due to bacteria
**Interesting microbes found around mummies on mountaintop
**Figuring out how heat-loving microbes break down cellulose

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 96 - Mouse Microbes Match Mice

This episode: Each kind of animal needs its own specific microbes!

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

Other interesting stories:
**Viruses could help protect honeybees from bacterial pathogen
**Marine bacteria could be useful for producing gold nanoparticles
**NY Times on how exposure to bacteria is important
**Cold-loving bacteria help make better sanitation possible for more in India
**Lichens on ISS survive full solar radiation, cold and heat

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 95 - Plants' Pathogenic Partners

This episode: Fungi infect insects and share the nutrients with plants!

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Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Searching for exotic microbes to convert cellulose to biofuel
**Microbes make soil-enriching limestone out of CO2 using tree's technique
**Gut bacterium actually seems to produce a neurotransmitter
**Adding extra carbon causes algae to produce more oil
**Virus can target cancer effectively by hiding from immune system on blood cells

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 94 - Commensals Calibrate Counterattack

This episode: Gut bacteria might actually help the immune system fight off viruses!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Algae are growing well even under Arctic ice
**Microbes discovered in super-harsh desert volcano conditions
**Childhood bacterial exposure may be essential for adulthood good moods
**Progress made on a census of all human-associated microbes
**Modified gut bacteria seem to prevent colon cancer (in mice)

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