BacterioFiles Micro Edition 3 - Icy Immunizations

This episode: Using cold-loving genes to make vaccines!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Bacterial diversity of a park in Spain

**Microbes break down oil on beaches

**Bacterial proteins are more complex than we thought

**Ocean bacteria create methane too

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BacterioFiles 2 - Friendly Phages

This episode: Possibly friendly viruses in our intestines!

Download Episode (3 MB, 3 minutes) Download Just the Story Show notes: News item/Journal paper Other interesting stories: **UK Squirrels threatened by human skin bacteria

**Oil spill enriches methane-eating bacteria

**Microbes play large role in carbon and sulfur cycles

**Studying termite gut microbes to learn about biofuels

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 1 - Bacteria Boost Buzzing Babies

Trying something new: Micro Edition! One story, put out when there is an interesting new item. This episode: Bacteria protect fruit flies from parasites!

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

Other interesting stories:
**Paper about making electricity

**Knowledge of Microbiome will lead to New Treatments

**Designer "grows" clothes using bacteria

**Researching algal complexity for biofuels

**Finding fungal enzymes for biofuels

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How Microbes Defend and Define Us

Check out this article in the New York Times about the human microbiome. It has a lot of really interesting information, some of which I'm sorry I missed including in the podcast. It's written by Carl Zimmer, science writer and host of the very good Meet the Scientist podcast, so you know it's quality material.

BacterioFiles Episode 16

In this show, I report on four exciting stories: birthing method affecting babies' bacteria, soil microbes affecting forest ecology, endophytes producing useful compounds, and manipulating gut bacteria for health.

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Intro
Story 1
Story 2
Story 3
Story 4
Ending Comments

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

Other interesting stories:
**How the oil spill threatens researchers' plans

**About enzymes for making biofuels

**Article about yeast

**On viral cancer therapy

**Bacterial gene restores sight to blind

**Will oil-eating bacteria cause problems?

**Virus used to control beetle pest

**Computers communicating like bacteria

**Bacteria that can do useful things for the environment

**Hot Alaskan oilfields have oil-degrading microbes

**Bacterial diversity in a basic salty lake

**Using photosynthesizers to make useful chemicals

**Hydrogen gas production by a cyanobacterium

**Analysis of nose and throat bacteria/another

**How algae in the ocean get nitrogen

**Using viruses to study the brain

**Add nutrients to ocean to increase carbon storage

**Electricity-producing bacteria improved with light

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BacterioFiles Episode 15

In this show, I report on three exciting stories: how viral invasions might've shaped human evolution, how bacteria are good for the immune system, and using viruses for medicine. Plus, biofuels special extravaganza!

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Intro
Story 1
Story 2
Story 3
Special

Ending Comments

Show notes:
Story 1: News item/Journal paper
Story 2: News item/Journal Paper
Story 3: News item/Journal Paper
Biofuels Special: 1 2 3 4 5

Other interesting stories:
**Underground microbiology

**New study about how bacteria swim

**Interesting microbial life lives under the seafloor

**Businesses are interested in Venter's synthetic life

**Bacteria converting oil to natural gas

**Developing bacteria to kill mosquitoes

**Using bacteria to clean up oil spill

**Shallow ocean worm symbionts related to deep sea vent microbes

**Fungi help rice plants grow big

**New strain discovered that could help clean environment

**Research on making bioplastic/more

**Discovery about how bacteria evolve stress resistance

**Soil bacterial diversity in the Arctic not much different from elsewhere

**Oral bacteria could protect against respiratory infections

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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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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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