BacterioFiles Micro Edition 116 - Colonizer Counterattacks cholerae

This episode: Some bacteria respond to attacks from other bacteria with their own deadly strike!

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Show notes:
News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Gut community may be associated with cardiovascular health
**Using a virus to build the heart a new biological pacemaker
**Bacteria change their genetic code in presence of unusual carbon source (paper)
**Cholesterol metabolism seems to influence gut microbes (in hamsters)
**Gut bacteria could affect appetite

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 115 - Nets Nab Nematodes

This episode: Fungi sense worms coming and trap them!

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Show notes:
News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Probiotics could be helpful for fish too
**200-million-year-old cilitate preserved in leech cocoon
**Thin atmospheres might not be a problem for bacteria
**Some bacteria don't just resist antibiotics, they eat them (which might be a good thing)
**Engineering algae to make complex anti-cancer drug cheaply

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 114 - Popping Pathogen Provides Plasmid Prophylactic

This episode: Salmonella strain engineered to induce our cells to immunize us against diseases!

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Show notes:
Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Microbes found thriving in salty, noxious, sub-zero oxygen-free buried Antarctic lake
**Using a dog virus to make vaccines for human diseases
**Scientists produce electricity from plant-microbe team
**Newly discovered bacterium could help break down more of plant wastes for biofuels
**Researchers find bacteria to help degrade soil contaminants

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 113 - Bdelloids Derive Different Domains' DNA

This episode: Bdelloid rotifers borrow genetic material from all over the place!

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

Other interesting stories:

**Model suggests we might actively enable growth of beneficial gut microbes
**Predatory bacteria can even feed on their prey's storage polymers (paper)
**Plants' symbiotic bacteria can control their production of insect toxins and only produce when needed (paper)
**More bacteria than thought can get rid of potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide
**Marine algae engineered to produce biofuels like fresh-water algae

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 112 - Belly Button Bacteria

This episode: Discovering what is living in our navels!

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

Other interesting stories:

**Video-article shows how to purify magnetic bacteria
**King Henry VIII's warship has novel bacteria growing in it (paper)
**Acid-loving bacteria can dissolve and extract metals for recycling
**In addition to photosynthesis, algae can digest cellulose for carbon
**Insect-infecting fungus may help control bed bugs

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 111 - Custom Community Controls Clostridium

This episode: Figuring out which bacteria help fecal transplants work so well against C. difficile!

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

Other interesting stories:

**City considering bacteria for cleaning up river
**Probiotics expressing human protein reduce gut inflammation
**Pressure-cooking algae into crude oil
**Man's hand wound leads to hints about how bacteria came to live in insects
**Wormy parasites help treat gut inflammation (in monkeys at least)

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 110 - Plant Pathogens Pair Perfectly

This episode: Plant viruses work together to infect better!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Bacteria could help improve truffle farming
**Figuring out how bacteria conduct electricity in seafloor sediment
**Bacterial photography
**Plants team up with bacteria in drought conditions
**Bacteria could help make self-healing concrete

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