MicrobeWorld

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 86 - Bacteria Boost Beta Business

This episode: Engineered bacteria help reverse type 1 diabetes in mice!

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• Making more environmentally friendly solar panels with bacteria
• Multiple bacterial species can make more electricity in fuel cell than just one (paper)
• Studying the spike viruses use to pierce and infect bacteria
• Bacteria steadily breaking down the Titanic
• Potential for using probiotic bacteria to preserve food (paper)
• Using probiotics to help with heavy metal contamination, in fish at least (paper)
• Potential of bacteria from Italian hydrothermal vents (paper)

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