Lycoriella  fly By Kai Heller, CC BY 3.0 This episode: Fungus-eating flies transfer viruses that help make fungi less harmful to plants!...

Lactobacillus plantarum  colonies Donald Breakwell et al. 2007.  This episode: Probiotic bacteria prevent deadly infections in mice with...

Finger millet This episode: Bacteria in finger millet roots create special killing traps for damaging fungi! Download Episode  (7....

Tardigrade By Bob Goldstein and Vicky Madden CC BY-SA 3.0 This episode: Tiny super-resistant animals, tardigrades, make proteins tha...

Cyanide ion This episode: Cyanide-producing bacteria help plants grow, not by harming pathogens but by freeing up nutrients! Downl...

Lichens on rock near Las Vegas, NV I'm back! This episode: Lichens, long known to be a partnership between fungi and algae, now disc...

I'm putting the show on pause again for a short while, because I'm too busy with other things for the moment. But it'll be back ...