Sunday, August 11, 2013

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 130 - Bacteriophages Bind Boogers

This episode: Phages hang out in mucus to ambush bacteria!

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

Other interesting stories:
**Green algae eat bacteria, suggesting route for origin of eukaryotes
**Bacteria could help clean up estrogen contaminants in drinking water
**Bacteria help clean up poop-filled cave
**Microbes could help with making Mars habitable
**Virus gene therapy helps the blind see

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