BacterioFiles Micro Edition 108 - Firing Phages to Fight faecalis

This episode: Gut bacteria use phages to beat their competition!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Cooperative predatory bacteria spread out in waves
**Using bacteria to clean up nicotine contamination (paper)
**Metal-tolerant bacteria can produce pure gold from Au salt
**Virus could treat diabetes by inducing weight gain
**Making biofuel-producing bacteria resistant to predation (paper)

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 107 - Lipases Liberate Light-Linked Lipids

This episode: Scientists engineer cyanobacteria to release biofuels at high temperatures!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Microbes could even help protect us from heavy metals directly
**Bacteria help turn rocks into soil
**New virus discovered that is related to major pathogens but doesn't infect humans
**Viruses could help treat drinking water
**Using music to make sense of microbiological data

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 106 - Bacteriophages Bust Blackheads

This episode: Scientists find that phages might be good for treating acne!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Fungi could help make Stradivarius-quality violins
**Rabbit virus could kill cancer cells in dogs
**Potential biofuel microbe can survive in pretreatment conditions
**Microbes make for really good food
**MSU lab's evolving E. coli

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 105 - Pythium Provides Pollutant Pipelines

This episode: Fungi and such can transport pollutants in soil to bacteria for degradation!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Even HIV can be made to help fight cancer
**Bacteria are important for animal communication
**Phages could be used to stop bacteria from killing corals
**Cooking oil waste could be good food source for production of bioplastics
**Waste from biofuel production could be used to generate electricity

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