BacterioFiles

BacterioFiles Episode 13

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Category: BacterioFiles

Created on Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:00

Written by Jesse Noar

In this show, I report on four exciting stories: bacteria made to clean up pesticides, new findings from microbial fossils, fighting bacteria with bacteria, and cells with synthetic genomes.

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Story 1: News item 1/News item 2/Journal paper
Story 2: News item/Journal Paper
Story 3: News item/Journal Paper
Story 4: News articles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7/Journal Paper/Video

Other interesting stories:

• New method for studying metabolism of microbial communities
• Making bricks out of bacteria and sand
• Op-ed about the potential for life on Earth unrelated to the life we know
• Study about biocathodes for microbial fuel cells
• Yeast used for wine could be good for bioethanol too
• Article about bacteria and clean fuel production
• How adding good bacteria to soil could help wheat grow
• Soil microbes may "breathe" organic matter as well as minerals
• Cheese seems like a good carrier for probiotics for elderly
• Quick-evolving bacteria may be good for digestive health
• Human microbiome project stories: 1 2 3
• Bacteria share genes more with family
• Genes of bacteria that are good for plant growth
• Gut bacteria of tsetse fly could help prevent sleeping sickness

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