Monday, August 31, 2015

BacterioFiles 227 - Microbe Menaces Meningitis

This episode: Colonizing ourselves with friendly bacteria could drive out more risky ones, such as those that cause meningitis!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
  • Bacterial vapors inhibit deadly plant pathogen (paper)
  • Finding phages to fight tomato disease (paper)
  • Immune system is important for maintaining gut community health
  • Even the same species can have diversity in the gut
  • Using bacterial power to generate clean water and electricity

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    Monday, August 17, 2015

    BacterioFiles 225 - Implanting Internal Invader Immunity

    This episode: Don't have immunity? Create your own! Scientists engineer cells to destroy their HIV infections using the bacterial immune system!

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    Show notes:
    Journal Paper

    Other interesting stories:
  • Insect bacteria produce small RNAs to communicate with hosts (paper)
  • Yeast can make lots of useful things
  • Engineering E. coli to better tolerate biofuels it produces (paper)
  • Pathogens can resist phage infection, but often at a cost (paper)
  • Microbes can survive on space vessels and cause problems away from Earth

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    Monday, August 10, 2015

    BacterioFiles 224 - Super Small Cells

    Ultramicrobacterium.
    Fig 3 Luef et al 2015
    This episode: Scientists discover what seem to be ultra-small bacteria, possibly smaller than the theoretical minimum size!

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

    Other interesting stories:
  • Bacteria could produce good biofuels from renewable resources (paper)
  • Studying quorum sensing by 3D-printing bacterial biofilms (paper)
  • Marine algae could be good source of nutrients alternative to fish oil
  • Caterpillar mind-control virus seems to manipulate response to light
  • 9 cool things about microbes

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    Monday, August 3, 2015

    BacterioFiles 223 - Fecal Fusions Forecast Fatness

    This episode: Sampling microbial populations in sewage from cities could reveal differences in the human populations, such as prevalence of obesity!

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    Show notes:
    News item/Journal Paper

    Other interesting stories:
  • Bacterial communities could be evidence about sexual crimes
  • Bacteria around plants could fight plant diseases (paper)
  • Microbes can greatly affect mouse gut's protective mucus layer
  • Cyanobacteria could survive on Mars and produce breathable oxygen
  • Garbage in Yellowstone permitted hot spring microbial rainbow

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