MicrobeWorld

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 78 - Proving Prions Provide Positives

This episode: Prions may actually help yeast populations survive!

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• Even extinguished hydrothermal vents have interesting life growing
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• Cyanobacteria as art
• Bacteria could be used to diagnose illness by changing poop color
• Fungi degrading another kind of long-lasting polymer

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