Monday, November 12, 2012
Announcement
I regret to announce this, but I am about to embark on one of the major trials of being a grad student: the preliminary examination. What this amounts to, for me, is writing a 15+ page grant proposal in six weeks on a topic I haven't been studying all this time, while carrying on all my previous research responsibilities. So BacterioFiles will be on hiatus for now, at least until I feel reasonably confident in my progress, possibly for the whole six weeks. We'll see.
One positive thing from this is that I will be able to refill my cache of awesome research to talk about, so look forward to more good stuff coming out before too long.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 109 - Labeling Lung Lurkers
This episode: Identifying the microbial communities of the lungs!
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Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Commensal bacteria seem to influence animal behavior in some ways
**Directed evolution for biofuel production from bio-oil
**Prebiotics could help regrow removed intestines
**Cave bacteria could contain useful information, including antibiotics
**Fungus outcompetes aflatoxin fungi in crops, now applied using bioplastic
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
Download Episode (3.35 MB, 3.6 minutes)
Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Directed evolution for biofuel production from bio-oil
**Prebiotics could help regrow removed intestines
**Cave bacteria could contain useful information, including antibiotics
**Fungus outcompetes aflatoxin fungi in crops, now applied using bioplastic
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Labels:
animals,
bacteria,
biofilms,
disease prevention,
eukaryotes,
genetics,
health,
microbiome,
symbiosis
Sunday, October 28, 2012
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 108 - Firing Phages to Fight faecalis
This episode: Gut bacteria use phages to beat their competition!
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Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Cooperative predatory bacteria spread out in waves
**Using bacteria to clean up nicotine contamination (paper)
**Metal-tolerant bacteria can produce pure gold from Au salt
**Virus could treat diabetes by inducing weight gain
**Making biofuel-producing bacteria resistant to predation (paper)
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
Download Episode (4.5 MB, 5 minutes)
Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Using bacteria to clean up nicotine contamination (paper)
**Metal-tolerant bacteria can produce pure gold from Au salt
**Virus could treat diabetes by inducing weight gain
**Making biofuel-producing bacteria resistant to predation (paper)
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Labels:
animals,
archaea,
bacteria,
bacteriophages,
eukaryotes,
evolution,
genes,
health,
heart disease,
immune system,
microbiome,
proteins,
symbiosis,
viruses
Monday, October 22, 2012
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 107 - Lipases Liberate Light-Linked Lipids
This episode: Scientists engineer cyanobacteria to release biofuels at high temperatures!
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Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Microbes could even help protect us from heavy metals directly
**Bacteria help turn rocks into soil
**New virus discovered that is related to major pathogens but doesn't infect humans
**Viruses could help treat drinking water
**Using music to make sense of microbiological data
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
Download Episode (3.4 MB, 3.75 minutes)
Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Bacteria help turn rocks into soil
**New virus discovered that is related to major pathogens but doesn't infect humans
**Viruses could help treat drinking water
**Using music to make sense of microbiological data
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 106 - Bacteriophages Bust Blackheads
This episode: Scientists find that phages might be good for treating acne!
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Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Fungi could help make Stradivarius-quality violins
**Rabbit virus could kill cancer cells in dogs
**Potential biofuel microbe can survive in pretreatment conditions
**Microbes make for really good food
**MSU lab's evolving E. coli
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.
Download Episode (2.5 MB, 2.75 minutes)
Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Fungi could help make Stradivarius-quality violins
**Rabbit virus could kill cancer cells in dogs
**Potential biofuel microbe can survive in pretreatment conditions
**Microbes make for really good food
**MSU lab's evolving E. coli
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.
Labels:
animals,
bacteria,
bacteriophages,
eukaryotes,
evolution,
genetics,
health,
immune system,
medicine,
viruses
Sunday, October 7, 2012
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 105 - Pythium Provides Pollutant Pipelines
This episode: Fungi and such can transport pollutants in soil to bacteria for degradation!
Download Episode (3.3 MB, 3.7 minutes)
Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Even HIV can be made to help fight cancer
**Bacteria are important for animal communication
**Phages could be used to stop bacteria from killing corals
**Cooking oil waste could be good food source for production of bioplastics
**Waste from biofuel production could be used to generate electricity
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.
Download Episode (3.3 MB, 3.7 minutes)
Transcript
Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Even HIV can be made to help fight cancer
**Bacteria are important for animal communication
**Phages could be used to stop bacteria from killing corals
**Cooking oil waste could be good food source for production of bioplastics
**Waste from biofuel production could be used to generate electricity
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.
Labels:
bacteria,
biodegradation,
bioremediation,
ecology,
environment,
eukaryotes,
fungi
Sunday, September 23, 2012
BacterioFiles Micro Edition 104 - Algae Actualize Active Antibodies
This episode: Engineered diatoms can produce functional antibodies!
Download Episode (3.8 MB, 4.2 minutes)
Transcript
Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Synthetic virus-like particles can attack tumors
**Another kind of biofuel from a good bioplastics microbe
**Feeding your bacteria is important too
**Searching forests for wood-eating fungi (paper)
**Plant-friendly soil bacteria signal plants to shut out pathogens
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.
Download Episode (3.8 MB, 4.2 minutes)
Transcript
Show notes:
Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
**Synthetic virus-like particles can attack tumors
**Another kind of biofuel from a good bioplastics microbe
**Feeding your bacteria is important too
**Searching forests for wood-eating fungi (paper)
**Plant-friendly soil bacteria signal plants to shut out pathogens
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.
Labels:
algae,
animals,
bacteria,
biofuels,
biotechnology,
cancer,
eukaryotes,
health,
immune system,
medicine,
oceans,
photosynthesis,
proteins,
synthetic biology
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