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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 104 - Algae Actualize Active Antibodies
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Sunday, 23 September 2012 17:34
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Engineered diatoms can produce functional antibodies!
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Show notes:Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Synthetic virus-like particles can attack tumors
- Another kind of biofuel from a good bioplastics microbe
- Feeding your bacteria is important too
- Searching forests for wood-eating fungi (paper)
- Plant-friendly soil bacteria signal plants to shut out pathogens
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 103 - Prokaryotes Palliate Plants' Pollution Pressures
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Sunday, 16 September 2012 22:16
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Soil bacteria can help plants adapt to changing climate conditions!
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Show notes:News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Producing electricity from sewage treatment
- Gut bacteria very important for infants
- Skin bacteria are helpful
- Bacteria induce single-celled organism to form multi-celled colony
- Using bacteria to fight invasion of zebra mussels
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 102 - Pathogen Processes Polyp-Popping Prodrug
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Sunday, 09 September 2012 04:50
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Tumor-targeting bacteria selectively activate anti-cancer drug!
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Show notes:Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Microbes are important for production of many kinds of food
- Gut microbe changes that normally seem unhealthy seem beneficial for pregnant women
- Developing microbes to terraform Mars for colonization
- Predatory bacteria digest their prey's bioplastic storage polymers (paper)
- Scientists find abundance of lead-dissolving fungi at old shooting range (paper)
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 101 - Prokaryotes Pressurize Platforms
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Sunday, 02 September 2012 20:39
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Bacteria produce gas that can regulate the depth of underwater sensor devices!
Download Episode (4 MB, 3.8 minutes)
Show notes:Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Termite gut bacteria are a good source of biofuel technology
- Sadly, arsenic bacterium GFAJ-1 appears to be arsenate-resistant but phosphate-dependent (papers)
- Figuring out how bacteria degrade carcinogenic benzene
- Beneficial bacteria are important for the skin as well as the gut
- Microbes could use electricity to produce natural gas
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 100 - Protozoa Prevent Pathogen Proliferation
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Sunday, 26 August 2012 22:21
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Amoebae snag pathogenic bacteria in soil and carry them around as a portable snack!
Download Episode (3.9 MB, 4.25 minutes)
Show notes:Journal Paper /Video
Other interesting stories:
- Bacteria could be used to produce pleasing scents
- Plant-dwelling bacteria with particular enzyme could help cut flowers last longer (paper)
- Fragile bacterial crusts are important for desert ecosystems
- Bacteria could protect frogs from deadly fungus plague
- How bacteria help animals eat grass
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 99 - Protecting Pathogen Proteins Produces Potential Preventives
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Monday, 20 August 2012 14:48
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Using a bacterial trick to protect pathogen proteins from radiation could help produce useful vaccines!
Download Episode (5.3 MB, 5.75 minutes)
Show notes:News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Seeing how modern bacteria fare with a 500-million-year-old gene replacement
- Microbes are domesticated too, such as this fermentative fungus
- Probiotics can help with upper respiratory tract infections (Review)
- In elderly, living conditions can affect the health of gut microbial communities
- Fungus can help clean up contaminated water in mines
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 98 - Modified Microbes Make Mosquito Midguts Murder Malaria
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Saturday, 04 August 2012 18:06
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Scientists engineer mosquito gut bacteria to fight malaria!
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Show notes:News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Dog microbes could protect kids against asthma induced by a virus
- Enzyme from marine microbe could clean teeth better than toothpaste
- Underground bacteria could be helpful or harmful for long-term radioactive waste storage
- New algae strain produces unusual amounts of oil for biofuels
- Changes in gut microbes could be part of why gastric bypass helps weightloss
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 97 - Prokaryote Partners Produce Power
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Monday, 30 July 2012 15:21
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Scientists match up bacteria to produce extra fuel from plant waste!
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Show notes:News item/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Using bacteria to reclaim a garbage dump from contaminants
- Researcher finds mine microbes using radioactivity for energy
- Fiber seems to be important for health due to bacteria
- Interesting microbes found around mummies on mountaintop
- Figuring out how heat-loving microbes break down cellulose
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 96 - Mouse Microbes Match Mice
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Sunday, 22 July 2012 19:39
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Each kind of animal needs its own specific microbes!
Download Episode (4 MB, 4.25 minutes)
Show notes:News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Viruses could help protect honeybees from bacterial pathogen
- Marine bacteria could be useful for producing gold nanoparticles
- NY Times on how exposure to bacteria is important
- Cold-loving bacteria help make better sanitation possible for more in India
- Lichens on ISS survive full solar radiation, cold and heat
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 95 - Plants' Pathogenic Partners
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- Category: BacterioFiles
- Created on Saturday, 14 July 2012 17:13
- Written by Jesse Noar
This episode: Fungi infect insects and share the nutrients with plants!
Download Episode (2.7 MB, 3 minutes)
Show notes:Journal Paper
Other interesting stories:
- Searching for exotic microbes to convert cellulose to biofuel
- Microbes make soil-enriching limestone out of CO2 using tree's technique
- Gut bacterium actually seems to produce a neurotransmitter
- Adding extra carbon causes algae to produce more oil
- Virus can target cancer effectively by hiding from immune system on blood cells
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