BacterioFiles 195 - CRISPR/Cas Cuts Cancer Causers

This episode: Bacterial antivirus system could treat chronic herpes virus infections!

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Journal Paper

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Studying bacteria that consume and produce electricity

Fungus living in rice seems like it evolved from rice pathogen (paper)

Bacteria growing with plants could help clean air in buildings (paper)

Understanding how Caulobacter tolerates high levels of uranium (paper)

Report about how viruses are more than pathogens

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BacterioFiles 194 - Squirrel Sequence Stops Similar Sickness

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

This episode: Remnants of viral infection left behind in squirrels' genome may protect them from incoming viruses!

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Journal Paper

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Marine photosynthetic bacteria could be good, easy continuous biofuel producers

Immune system and gut bacteria have complex interactions

What happens to gut community when pathogens infect

Bacteria and fungi may lower their defenses when interacting (paper)

Parasite from cats could help immune system fight cancer

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BacterioFiles 193 - Milk Modifies Monkey Microbes

T_H17 levels in two groups
(Ardeshir Fig 3)

This episode: Being raised with their mother and breastmilk vs. bottle-fed in a nursery significantly affects macaque microbiomes and their immune system profile!

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News item/Journal Paper

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Figuring out which gut microbes correlate with susceptibility to C. difficile problems (paper)

Phage communities in mouth may be linked to dental health (paper)

Fecal transplant restores diverse gut community that looks like donor's (paper)

Modified E. coli could help weight loss by reducing appetite (paywall)

Bacterial symbionts in mosquitoes could prevent dengue transmission

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BacterioFiles 192 - Susceptibility Separates Streptococcus Strategies

Phylogenetic tree (Kilian fig 1)

This episode: Pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes have different strategies for interacting with us, even when they have a common ancestor!

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Journal Paper

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Bacteria can transfer electrons around even without nanowires (paper)

Bacterial endophytes can inhibit/control plant pathogens (paper)

Seemingly harmless virus may kill hard-to-treat breast cancer

Bacteria protect fish from pathogen by preventing it from communicating (paper)

Microbes in soil can affect plant flowering

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BacterioFiles 191 - Coats Compose Current Conduits

Nanowires forming (Pirbadian, Fig 5)

This episode: Bacterial nanowires are made of the cells' outer membranes!

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News item/Journal Paper

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Algae in low light can switch quantum light harvesting on or off

Fecal transplants continue to seem like a great treatment for gut community imbalance

Good gut microbe community seems important for survival after stem cell transplant

Microbes on ocean plastic could have good and bad effects

Bacteria could help inhibit pathogens of bees and bats

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BacterioFiles 190 - Bacteriophages Bust Biofilm Beacons

This episode: Engineered phages can both kill bacteria and disrupt their communications!

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Journal Paper

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Tiny microbes affect temperature by how much sunlight is reflected off ice

Bacteria could help clean uranium from aquifers

Fungus can kill poison ivy

Differences found in gut microbes between children with or without diabetes

Using viruses to understand tiny physics better

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BacterioFiles 189 - Saliva Slows Sprout Supporter

This episode: Fungi living in grasses make toxic compounds to defend against herbivores, but some animals can overcome this defense with their saliva!

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News item/Journal Paper

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Early-life exposure to microbes seems linked to less asthma

Bacteria help tomato plants tolerate salt (paper)

Bacteria infecting mosquitoes could control malaria transmission

Phages are increasingly of interest for treating infections

Feeding healthy mice phage causes slight immune response and nothing else (paper)

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