This episode: A profile of microbes that are breaking down the Titanic!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Bacteria as a treatment for bone cancer
**Biodegradable plastic-wood composite, made by bacteria
**Genome study of promising biofuel algae
**New way to track ocean phytoplankton
**Our intestines make an enzyme that maintains good bacteria
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 25 - Bdefining Bdellovibrio Bdivision
This episode: A study of the bacteria-hunting Bdellovibrio life cycle!
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Show notes:
Journal Commentary/Journal paper/Movies of Bdellovibrio
Other interesting stories:
**How a probiotic product reduces inflammation
**Using bacteria to clean up pollution
**Swimming of ocean microbes contributes to nutrient cycling
**How gut microbiota composition is shaped
**Bacteria make good decisions
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Download Episode (4.45 MB, 5 minutes)
Show notes:
Journal Commentary/Journal paper/Movies of Bdellovibrio
Other interesting stories:
**How a probiotic product reduces inflammation
**Using bacteria to clean up pollution
**Swimming of ocean microbes contributes to nutrient cycling
**How gut microbiota composition is shaped
**Bacteria make good decisions
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Monday, January 3, 2011
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 24 - Ant-Associated Actinomycetes
This episode: Bacteria help ants keep parasites out of their fungal gardens!
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Show notes:
News item/Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Developing ways to extract microbial biofuels
**Figuring out biofuel genetic pathways
**Volcano produces microbial bloom in ocean
**Monitoring bacteria could help monitor oil fields
**Probiotics could help prevent diarrhea in Indian children
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Download Episode (3.4 MB, 3.75 minutes)
Show notes:
News item/Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Developing ways to extract microbial biofuels
**Figuring out biofuel genetic pathways
**Volcano produces microbial bloom in ocean
**Monitoring bacteria could help monitor oil fields
**Probiotics could help prevent diarrhea in Indian children
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 23 - Dry Dry Desert Dwellers
This episode: Bacteria grow on quartz stones in the driest hot place on Earth!
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Show notes:
Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Using Tim Hortons cups as fuel
**Microbes can produce expensive cancer drug cheaply
**Ocean bacteria produce a possible new cancer drug
**Microbes may share genes much more than thought
**Testing bacterial limits with high-altitude balloon
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Download Episode (3 MB, 3.5 minutes)
Show notes:
Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Using Tim Hortons cups as fuel
**Microbes can produce expensive cancer drug cheaply
**Ocean bacteria produce a possible new cancer drug
**Microbes may share genes much more than thought
**Testing bacterial limits with high-altitude balloon
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 22 - Shocking Shewanella
This episode: Bacteria form electric nanowires!
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Show notes:
News items: 1/2/Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Some strains of Staph aureus weaken other bad strains
**Tiny sea creatures could affect course of hurricanes
**All about baking and bacteria
**Studying brewing bacteria
**Bacteria could inhibit fungal diseases
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Download Episode (3 MB, 3 minutes)
Show notes:
News items: 1/2/Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Some strains of Staph aureus weaken other bad strains
**Tiny sea creatures could affect course of hurricanes
**All about baking and bacteria
**Studying brewing bacteria
**Bacteria could inhibit fungal diseases
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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Monday, December 6, 2010
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 21 - Bacteria Belie Building Block Basics
This episode: Bacteria unlike any other known life form!
Download Episode (4.5 MB, 5 minutes)
Show notes:
News items: 1/2/3/4/Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Finding good microbial enzymes for biofuel production
**Surprising Arctic soil ecology
**Developing sunscreen from bacteria
**Discovery of heat-tolerant cyanobacteria that collect iron
**Searching for oil-eating microbes
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This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Download Episode (4.5 MB, 5 minutes)
Show notes:
News items: 1/2/3/4/Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**Finding good microbial enzymes for biofuel production
**Surprising Arctic soil ecology
**Developing sunscreen from bacteria
**Discovery of heat-tolerant cyanobacteria that collect iron
**Searching for oil-eating microbes
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
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This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 20 - Archaea Advanced Apart
This episode: Our archaeal ancestors may have been more important to us than bacterial!
Download Episode (3.7 MB, 4 minutes)
Show notes:
Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**About the bacterial immune system
**Company patents microbe that makes and secretes biofuels from sunlight
**Bacteria ate up gases before oil in gulf
**A pickle spoilage bacterium could help clean up environment
**Heat-loving microbes in Arctic could hibernate for 100 million years
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This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Download Episode (3.7 MB, 4 minutes)
Show notes:
Journal paper
Other interesting stories:
**About the bacterial immune system
**Company patents microbe that makes and secretes biofuels from sunlight
**Bacteria ate up gases before oil in gulf
**A pickle spoilage bacterium could help clean up environment
**Heat-loving microbes in Arctic could hibernate for 100 million years
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter, MicrobeWorld, or SciencePodcasters.org
This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
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