Monday, July 27, 2015

BacterioFiles 222 - Cells Store Solar Sparks

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The setup. Torella et al. 2015 This episode: Bacteria engineered to produce liquid fuel can eat carbon dioxide and hydrogen from solar-p...
Monday, July 13, 2015

BacterioFiles 221 - Co-culture Close Contact, Cats, and Cockerels

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More related than some bacteria This episode: More distantly related bacteria can help each other grow (and produce lots of hydrogen) by...
Monday, July 6, 2015

BacterioFiles 220 - Coliforms Cooperate by Conduit

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Tubes! Pande el al. 2015 This episode: Bacteria can connect to each other with tiny tubes to exchange nutrients! Download Episode  (...
Monday, June 29, 2015

BacterioFiles 219 - Fungi Facilitate Photosynthetic Fuels

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Fungal mycelium Image credit: Roslyn Noar This episode: Fungi can act like sticky nets to help harvest algae for biofuels! Download...
Monday, June 22, 2015

BacterioFiles 218 - Parasitoids Pass Protective Prokaryotes

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Such a cute parasitoid Arrows indicate Wolbachia Ahmed et al. 2015 This episode: Parasitoid wasps spread helpful bacterial symbionts b...
Monday, June 15, 2015

BacterioFiles 217 - Fungus Fortifies Fly Food

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This episode: Fruit flies have microbes that help them get more nutrition out of low-quality food! Download Episode  (8.4 MB, 9.1 minutes)...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

BacterioFiles Special - ASM2015

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Here's my summary of ASM2015, an exciting weekend full of science. Download Episode  (11.5 MB, 12.5 minutes) The convention cente...