BacterioFiles Micro Edition 119 - Bacteria Bypass Blood-Brain Barrier?

This episode: Our brain might be home to helpful bacteria!

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News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Antarctic bacteria cling to ice crystals
**Viruses could actually be helpful for plants
**Probiotic bacteria seemed to help male mice's bone density
**Marine microbe's enzyme could break down sinusitis biofilms
**Yeast engineered to produce butanol in its mitochondria

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 118 - Fungi Found in Seafloor Sediments

This episode: Fungi are found living deep under the sea!

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News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Scientists test artificial feces transplants to treat C. difficile infections
**Exposure to bacteria from adult male mice seems to protect young female mice against type 1 diabetes
**Bacteria that take electrons from iron can take them directly from electricity too and fix carbon dioxide
**Sea creatures often team up with bacteria that produce potential new drugs
**Engineered herpes virus could inhibit metastasis of certain cancers

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 117 - Helicobacter Helps or Hurts Health?

This episode: Helicobacter pylori seems not to be more harmful than helpful!

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News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Our guts and plants' roots may be similar in some ways in terms of microbes (paper)
**Bacteria found that maybe could grow in Martian poles
**Mother's milk may be important source of microbes for infant
**Microbes in clouds affect their chemical composition (paper)
**Scientists take samples of microbes in hurricanes

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I Passed!

Preliminary exams complete. Full speed ahead toward PhD!

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 116 - Colonizer Counterattacks cholerae

This episode: Some bacteria respond to attacks from other bacteria with their own deadly strike!

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News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Gut community may be associated with cardiovascular health
**Using a virus to build the heart a new biological pacemaker
**Bacteria change their genetic code in presence of unusual carbon source (paper)
**Cholesterol metabolism seems to influence gut microbes (in hamsters)
**Gut bacteria could affect appetite

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 115 - Nets Nab Nematodes

This episode: Fungi sense worms coming and trap them!

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Other interesting stories:

**Probiotics could be helpful for fish too
**200-million-year-old cilitate preserved in leech cocoon
**Thin atmospheres might not be a problem for bacteria
**Some bacteria don't just resist antibiotics, they eat them (which might be a good thing)
**Engineering algae to make complex anti-cancer drug cheaply

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