BacterioFiles

BacterioFiles Episode 4

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Category: BacterioFiles

Created on Sunday, 24 January 2010 00:00

Written by Jesse Noar

In this show, I report on four exciting stories: using slime molds to design networks, bacteria working together to reduce environmental damage, a stomach germ that helps prevent tuberculosis, and bacterial colonies that flash in synchrony.

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Show notes:
Story 1: News item/Journal paper
Story 2: News item/Journal paper
Story 3: News item/Journal paper
Story 4: News item/Journal paper

Nature video for story 4:

• Bacteria detoxify selenium in soil
• Scientists find heat-loving organisms in Arctic waters and trace them to their probable origins
• Distillery plans to use bacteria to digest yeasty waste, using the resulting methane to produce electricity (or power local cars), ultimately reducing costs
• Scientists find that eating lots of apples may lead to more good bacteria in the gut
• Researchers discover that some kinds of bacteria have membrane-bound internal structures, which were once thought to only exist in eukaryotes (like animals and plants)
• Development of a potential probiotic treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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