MicrobeWorld

BacterioFiles Episode 11

In this show, I report on four exciting stories: a probiotic bacteria that can fight cancer, bacteria in dust that affect asthma, microbes living in a lake of asphalt, and a census of marine microorganisms.

Story 1: News item/Journal paper
Story 2: News item/Journal Paper
Story 3: News item 1/News item 2/Submitted Paper
Story 4: News item 1/News item 2/Slideshow

Other interesting stories:

• Plant fungal disease that uses different tactics depending on which part of the plant it’s infecting
• Using microbes to clean up groundwater pollution
• The Navy investigating ways to use microbes to power small devices
• A species of bacterium that produces lots of hydrogen gas
• Using a microbe to protect grapes from grey mold
• Study about how probiotics may not help Salmonella food poisoning
• Paper about recently-discovered salt-loving archaea found in the human intestine
• Eukaryotic plankton in the ocean actually incorporate a lot of carbon dioxide into their cells
• Article describing the job of planetary protection officer for NASA

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