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Show notes:

Story 1: News item/Journal paper
Story 2: News item/Journal Paper
Story 3: News item/Journal Paper
Biofuels Special: 1 2 3 4 5

Other interesting stories:

• Underground microbiology
• New study about how bacteria swim
• Interesting microbial life lives under the seafloor
• Businesses are interested in Venter's synthetic life
• Bacteria converting oil to natural gas
• Developing bacteria to kill mosquitoes
• Using bacteria to clean up oil spill
• Shallow ocean worm symbionts related to deep sea vent microbes
• Fungi help rice plants grow big
• New strain discovered that could help clean environment
• Research on making bioplastic/more
• Discovery about how bacteria evolve stress resistance
• Soil bacterial diversity in the Arctic not much different from elsewhere
• Oral bacteria could protect against respiratory infections

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