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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 94 - Commensals Calibrate Counterattack
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Tuesday, 03 July 2012 15:53
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Gut bacteria might actually help the immune system fight off viruses!
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Show notes:News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Algae are growing well even under Arctic ice
- Microbes discovered in super-harsh desert volcano conditions
- Childhood bacterial exposure may be essential for adulthood good moods
- Progress made on a census of all human-associated microbes
- Modified gut bacteria seem to prevent colon cancer (in mice)
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 93 - Virus Visualizes Neural Networks
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Sunday, 24 June 2012 22:16
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Scientists use a modified rabies virus to map brain connections!
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Show notes:News item /Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Red wine seems to have a good effect on gut bacteria
- Bacteria found in frozen sulphurous fjord might be similar to life on Europa
- Using bacteria to make images of the universe
- Bacteria use soil minerals to exchange electrons
- Slime molds help with computational geometry
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 92 - Microbes Make Miniature Magnets
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Monday, 18 June 2012 18:43
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Bacterial enzymes are good for making nanomagnets for computers!
Download Episode (2.6 MB, 2.75 minutes)
Show notes:News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Tobacco virus may be helpful for prevention of Parkinson's
- Using microbes to sense toxic compounds
- Gut bacterial exposure early in life affects immunity
- Robot synchrony technique inspired by bacterial signalling
- Bacterial diets are diverse and interesting
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 91 - Forager-Feared Fungus Foiled
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Monday, 04 June 2012 01:50
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Ant-zombie fungal parasite is counter-parasitized by another fungus!
Download Episode (2.9 MB, 3.2 minutes)
Show notes:News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Discovery of bacteria that can tolerate chemicals that make plant waste digestion easier for them
- Associating gut bacteria in kids with their weight
- Bacteria tend to evolve to use different resources rather than competing with each other
- Algae could be used to produce anti-malaria vaccine
- Pressing a sheet of viruses could generate electricity
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 90 - Prokaryote Parasites Deal Double Dose Death
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Saturday, 26 May 2012 21:46
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Discovery of a bacterium infected by two distinct organisms at the same time!
Download Episode (3.5 MB, 3.75 minutes)
Show notes:Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Floating rocks, microbes, and the origin of life
- Diversity of plants and microbes helps prevent allergies
- Probiotics help prevent antibiotic-induced diarrhea
- Wind erosion is problematic both for soil and beneficial microbes
- Selective nutrition and other strategies could help good bacteria compete with pathogens
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 89 - Counting Cloud Communities
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:02
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Sampling storm cloud microbial communities with hailstones!
Download Episode (4.1 MB, 4.5 minutes)
Show notes:Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Newly discovered bacteria make little balls of minerals inside themselves
- Scientists using bacteria to fix concrete cracks
- Breastfeeding seems important for infants' bacterial health
- Engineered E. coli produce lots of bioplastic (paper)
- Toxic counterfeit vodka fed to microbes to make electricity
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 88 - Bacteria Block Barnacle Binding
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Monday, 14 May 2012 03:18
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Biofilms help keep seaweed surfaces clear of barnacles!
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Show notes:Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Using modified bacteria to capture and remove viruses
- Bacteria are important for food flavor
- Prions can actually be helpful to yeast instead of harmful
- Plants release chemicals to attract helpful bacteria
- Enzyme from probiotics could help treat inflammatory bowel disease
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 87 - Fermenter Fixes Folate Faults
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- Created on Sunday, 06 May 2012 16:26
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Probiotics could help prevent folate deficiency!
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Show notes:Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Cyanobacteria could produce table sugar better than plants
- Temperature-controlled microbial biotech
- Ocean worm feeds on toxic stuff with bacterial help
- New system to treat wastewater and produce biofuels
- Massive amounts of old bacteria are frozen in Antarctic ice
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 86 - Bacteria Boost Beta Business
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 03:30
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Engineered bacteria help reverse type 1 diabetes in mice!
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Show notes:News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- 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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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 85 - Pathogen Partitions Parasitoid Populations
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 02:47
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: A virus influences the competition between two species of parasitoid wasp!
Download Episode (4 MB, 4.3 minutes)
Show notes:Example of parasitoid manipulator/News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Using bacteria to recapture dwindling phosphorus resources
- Modifying E. coli to make pharmaceuticals better
- Using bacteria to make electricity from sewage
- Bacteria could carry medicine to specific targets in the body
- Electric-powered bacteria could turn carbon dioxide into fuel
- Bacteria living in wheat help fight off plant disease
- Looking into algae for biofuels
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