BacterioFiles 172 - Sunlight-Snackers Seize Sparks

This episode: Some photosynthetic bacteria can use electricity for their metabolism to make useful stuff too!

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

Other interesting stories:

Plants and their associated root microbes seem to evolve together (paper)

What was thought to be pigments in fossil feathers might actually have been bacteria

Yeast cells help understand how Alzheimer's drug works in humans

Bacteria help plants clean up metal-contaminated soils

Understanding how bacteria colonize our bodies

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