BacterioFiles Micro Edition 123 - Proteobacteria Protonate Poison

This episode: Soil microbe has a good enzyme for degrading cyanide pollution!

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Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Company developing virus to treat cancer
**Prions help fungi regulate their multicellularity
**History and status of phage therapy
**Protists from termite gut named after elder gods
**Screening many chemicals, scientists found some that increase algal oil production

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 122 - Coliforms Consume Caffeine Compulsively

This episode: Scientists engineer E. coli to be addicted to caffeine!

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News Item 1/News Item 2/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Figuring out how microbes survive in salty freezing lakes
**Bacterial wires conduct electricity because of certain amino acids
**Making cyanobacteria produce butanol biofuel
**Byproduct of algal biofuel production could be made into biodegradable plastic
**Phage therapy looking more promising

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 121 - Horizontal Hacks Help Harsh Habitation

This episode: Alga adapts to hot, toxic environments by copying prokaryote genes!

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News Item 1/News Item 2/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Same species of bacteria that causes acne might also protect against it
**Bacteria in sourdough bread inhibit mold growth
**Navy develops device to treat wastewater and produce electricity simultaneously
**Marine bacteria could make useful new antibiotics
**Fungi seem to protect plant foliage from leaf-cutter ants

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 120 - Particles Pirate Prokaryote Protection

This episode: A virus has borrowed a bacterium's defenses to infect better!

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News Item 1/News Item 2/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Signals from neighbors tell bacteria to induce phage resistance
**Man-made wetland filled with bacteria could clean waste pharmaceuticals from water
**Bacteria seem to have specific relationships with apple tree flowers
**Reintroducing healthy gut community clears out drug-resistant pathogens in mice
**Weaving bacteriophages into packaging to help food safety (paper)

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