Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Short Break
I'm putting the show on pause again for a short while, because I'm too busy with other things for the moment. But it'll be back soon with more exciting stories!
Monday, March 13, 2017
BacterioFiles Special - Novozymes' Nathan Cude
This episode: An interview with Dr. Nathan Cude, team leader at Novozymes BioAg Alliance, working on finding and bringing to market soil microbes that can help crops grow!
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Show notes:
Novozymes
BioAg Alliance
Nathan Cude on Twitter and LinkedIn
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
Show notes:
Novozymes
BioAg Alliance
Nathan Cude on Twitter and LinkedIn
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
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Labels:
agriculture,
bacteria,
biotechnology,
endophytes,
fungi,
industry,
microbiome,
plants,
symbiosis
Monday, March 6, 2017
BacterioFiles 289 - Prehistoric Paired Prokaryote Partners
This episode: Great apes' specific gut microbe communities have been with us for millions of years!
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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2
Journal Paper:
Moeller AH, Caro-Quintero A, Mjungu D, Georgiev AV, Lonsdorf EV, Muller MN, Pusey AE, Peeters M, Hahn BH, Ochman H. 2016. Cospeciation of gut microbiota with hominids. Science 353:380–382.
Other interesting stories:
Gut bacteria could help treat kidney disease (paper)
Virus that infects viruses acts as genomic antiviral defense for host
Microbial archaeology studies bacteria resistant to copper in medieval foundry (paper)
Bacteria embedded in porous stones make good water filters (paper)
Computers can use microbes to estimate time of death
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
Download Episode (9.1 MB, 10 minutes)
Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2
Journal Paper:
Moeller AH, Caro-Quintero A, Mjungu D, Georgiev AV, Lonsdorf EV, Muller MN, Pusey AE, Peeters M, Hahn BH, Ochman H. 2016. Cospeciation of gut microbiota with hominids. Science 353:380–382.
Other interesting stories:
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
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Labels:
animals,
bacteria,
eukaryotes,
evolution,
genes,
genetics,
health,
microbiome,
symbiosis
Monday, February 27, 2017
BacterioFiles 288 - Caulobacter's Copper Coping Capabilities
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Caulobacter crescentus |
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Show notes:
Journal Paper:
Lawarée E, Gillet S, Louis G, Tilquin F, Blastier SL, Cambier P, Matroule J-Y. 2016. Caulobacter crescentus intrinsic dimorphism provides a prompt bimodal response to copper stress. Nat Microbiol 1:16098.
Other interesting stories:
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Labels:
bacteria,
ecology,
environment,
evolution,
genes,
genetics,
proteins,
regulation
Monday, February 20, 2017
BacterioFiles 287 - Producing Potent Pathogen Prophylaxes
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Streptococcus pneumoniae Credit: CDC/M.S. Mitchell |
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Show notes:
News item
Journal Paper:
Li Y, Beitelshees M, Fang L, Hill A, Ahmadi MK, Chen M, Davidson BA, Knight P, Smith RJ, Andreadis ST, Hakansson AP, Jones CH, Pfeifer BA. 2016. In situ pneumococcal vaccine production and delivery through a hybrid biological-biomaterial vector. Sci Adv 2:e1600264.
Other interesting stories:
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Monday, February 13, 2017
BacterioFiles 286 - Prokaryote Prevents Pregnancy Pathogen
This episode: Bacteria in mosquito cells can block transmission of Zika virus!
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Show notes:
News item
Journal Paper:
Aliota MT, Peinado SA, Velez ID, Osorio JE. 2016. The wMel strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Zika virus by Aedes aegypti. Sci Rep 6:28792.
Other interesting stories:
Modified bacteria change behavior as temperature changes
Ants' bacteria produce antifungal compounds (paper)
Gut microbes may be related to macular degeneration
E. coli could be used to make vaccines (paper)
Using bacteria to produce testosterone (paper)
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
Download Episode (8.1 MB, 8.9 minutes)
Show notes:
News item
Journal Paper:
Aliota MT, Peinado SA, Velez ID, Osorio JE. 2016. The wMel strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Zika virus by Aedes aegypti. Sci Rep 6:28792.
Other interesting stories:
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Google Play. Support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook.
Labels:
animals,
bacteria,
disease prevention,
eukaryotes,
health,
insects,
symbiosis,
viruses
Monday, February 6, 2017
BacterioFiles 285 - Sultry Snow Cell Sun Screen
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Red snow By Will Beback, CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Show notes:
News item
Journal Paper:
Lutz S, Anesio AM, Raiswell R, Edwards A, Newton RJ, Gill F, Benning LG. 2016. The biogeography of red snow microbiomes and their role in melting arctic glaciers. Nat Commun 7:11968.
Other interesting stories:
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
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Labels:
algae,
bacteria,
climate change,
ecology,
environment,
eukaryotes,
extremophiles,
oceans,
photosynthesis
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