Wednesday, November 10, 2010

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 19 - Meager Meals Maintain Microbes

This episode: Archaea subsist on extremely little.

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Show notes:
News item 1/News item 2/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Probiotics may have some effect on tooth decay
**Repeated antibiotic treatment may hurt helpful gut bacteria
**Helpful fungi may help crop growth, depending on farm management
**Yeast study shows that sometimes selfishness is good for the group
**Mathematical models for bacterial growth

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