BacterioFiles Episode 10

In this show, I report on four exciting stories: bacteria for digesting sushi; a giant virus that replicates itself, with help; microbes living in Mars-like lakes; and using viruses to generate hydrogen.

(Image credit: Russell Knightley/SPL)

Download Episode (12.4 MB, 13.5 minutes)

Download Sections:
Intro
Story 1
Story 2
Story 3
Story 4
Ending Comments

Show notes:
Story 1: News items 1 2 3 4/Journal paper
Story 2: News item/Journal Paper 1/Journal paper 2
Story 3: News item/Journal paper
Story 4: News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Bacteria for decomposing marine plastic pollution

**Algae that take bacterial supplements

**Bacteria that affect greenhouse gases

**Growing new species

**Cyanobacteria that secrete oil

**Slime mold-based computing

**Another hostile lake with microbes in it

**Extremophiles focused on survival

**Dinosaur-age microbial fossils

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BacterioFiles Episode 9

In this show, I report on four exciting stories: bacterial fingerprints, bacteria in space, fungi that swap genes, and bacteria fighting for resources.

(Image credit: Eshel Ben-Jacob)

Download Episode (10 MB, 11 minutes)

Download Sections:
Intro
Story 1
Story 2
Story 3
Story 4
Ending Comments

Show notes:
Story 1: News item 1/News item 2/Journal paper
Story 2: Journal paper
Story 3: News item/Journal paper
Story 4: News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Bacterial communications in the ocean affecting carbon movement

**Microvi Biotech using bacteria to clean up pollution

**How E. coli controls its swimming speed

**Dormant microbes still affect environment

**A virus that could treat arthritis

**Bacterial strain developed to make awesome sourdough bread
**Story about fermented kombucha tea
**Microbial inhabitants of the carnivorous pitcher plant
**Biotech company uses bacteria to make rubber for tires
**Circadian rhythms in bacteria
**Bacteria reveal new way to make oxygen

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!

Subscribe at iTunes

This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.