BacterioFiles 199 - Prokaryote Protein Provokes Problem

This episode: A protein from gut bacteria has been tentatively linked with a human protein related to eating disorders!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

Plant virus affects parasitism suffered by insect that carries the virus (paper)

Bacteria could help make more powerful lasers (paper)

Gut microbes can control gene expression of gut cells somewhat

Using bacterial immune system to turn off HPV defenses in cervical cancer

Gut community composition could be used to detect cancer

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BacterioFiles 198 - Dampening Dust Defense

This episode: Modified probiotic bacteria could reduce life-threatening allergies!

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Show notes:
Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

Bacteria can be toxic to tomato late blight pathogen (paper)

Phages could be very good at treating C. difficile infections

Soil cyanobacteria can help plants in many ways (review)

Finding heavy metal-resistant bacteria near nuclear storage sites (paper)

Using phage to prevent infection rather than to kill pathogens (paper)

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