Bacteriofiles
The podcast for microbe lovers.
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 141 - Sulfuric Slurry Cells Store Cerium
This episode: Bacteria in a volcanic mudpot require rare earth ...
This episode: Bacteria in a volcanic mudpot require rare earth elements to grow! Download Episode (6.2 MB, 6.75 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Scientists may develop a bacterial toxin that kills...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 140 - Transposon Tunes Timely Transcription
This episode: "Selfish" jumping gene is actually helpful for its ...
This episode: "Selfish" jumping gene is actually helpful for its host plant's resistance to disease! Download Episode (5.56 MB, 6 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Gut microbes may make difference in...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 139 - Tamed Trespassers Treat Tumors
This episode: Inactivated virus particles may treat cancer or even ...
This episode: Inactivated virus particles may treat cancer or even vaccinate against it! Download Episode (5.8 MB, 6.25 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Students try to make perpetual lightbulb out of glowing...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 138 - Slime Sustains Sidekick Pseudomonas
This episode: Slime mold cells carry bacteria with them, some ...
This episode: Slime mold cells carry bacteria with them, some for food and some for chemical warfare! Download Episode (6.4 MB, 7 minutes)Show notes:News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Vaccines using Salmonella could...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 137 - Germ's Jammer Jumpstarts Genes
This episode: Pathogen's CRISPR-Cas system (for defense against viruses) can ...
This episode: Pathogen's CRISPR-Cas system (for defense against viruses) can be modified to change gene expression in mammals! Download Episode (6.3 MB, 6.9 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: New potential...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 136 - Swarmers Send Secret Signals
This episode: Swarming predatory bacteria may be communicating through tubes! ...
This episode: Swarming predatory bacteria may be communicating through tubes! Download Episode (6.3 MB, 6.9 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Algae intended for biofuels turn out to be very good in...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 135 - Prodigious Pandora Particles Perceived
This episode: New giant virus discovered, with a genome larger ...
This episode: New giant virus discovered, with a genome larger than that of some eukaryotes! Download Episode (7.5 MB, 8.1 minutes)Show notes:News item 1/News item 2/News item 3/News item 4/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Using bacteria...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 134 - Duodenum Dweller Degrades Digoxin
This episode: Bacteria in the gut can affect dosaging of ...
This episode: Bacteria in the gut can affect dosaging of medications! Download Episode (7.1 MB, 7.75 minutes)Show notes:News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 133 - Microbe Manacles Metal, Muzzles Microbe
This episode: A strain of E. coli helps reduce severity ...
This episode: A strain of E. coli helps reduce severity of Salmonella infection by competing with it for iron in the gut! Download Episode (7.6 MB, 8.3 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Post questions or comments here or email...
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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 132 - Microbes Modify Mitochrondrial Material
This episode: Some bacterial DNA sequence seems to integrate into ...
This episode: Some bacterial DNA sequence seems to integrate into human cells, especially in cancerous tissue! Download Episode (11.3 MB, 12.3 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper/Review of animal-bacterial lateral gene transfer Other...
