Saturday, August 31, 2013

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 133 - Microbe Manacles Metal, Muzzles Microbe

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This episode: A strain of E. coli  helps reduce severity of Salmonella  infection by competing with it for iron in the gut! Download Episo...
Monday, August 26, 2013

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 132 - Microbes Modify Mitochrondrial Material

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This episode: Some bacterial DNA sequence seems to integrate into human cells, especially in cancerous tissue! Download Episode  (11.3 MB,...
Monday, August 19, 2013

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 131 - Stacking Sucker Symbionts

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This episode: Some insects have bacterial symbionts with super-small genomes inside their cells, and some of these symbionts have their own ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Crowd-funding: Help Support Research into Using Bacteria to Clean Up the Environment

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I've been interested in crowd-funding science for a while. Science is one of the best investments a society can make, so why not let soc...
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 130 - Bacteriophages Bind Boogers

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This episode: Phages hang out in mucus to ambush bacteria! Download Episode  (6.4 MB, 7 minutes) Show notes: News item 1 / News item 2 ...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 129 - Lentivirus Limits Leukodystrophy

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This episode: Virus acts as vector to cure deadly genetic disorder! Download Episode  (5.4 MB, 5.8 minutes) Show notes: Journal Paper ...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 128 - Algae Aggregate Ammonium Altruistically

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This episode: Algal symbionts store nutrients for corals! Download Episode  (3.9 MB, 4 minutes) Show notes: News item 1 / News item 2...