Bacillus subtilis  colonies By Debivort, CC BY-SA 3.0 This episode: Separate groups of bacteria can each thrive better when they take t...

Megavirus By Chantal Abergel , CC BY-SA 3.0 This episode: Newly discovered giant viruses almost build their own replication machinery i...

No episode this week. Busy preparing for the edge of Hurricane Irma. To all my listeners in a hurricane's path, stay safe!

Leafcutting ants By Bandwagonman, CC BY-SA 3.0 This episode: Fungi living in plants could protect them from ants that cut up their leave...

Nematodinium  nematocyst cap Gavelis et al. 2017 Science Advances CC BY-NC 4.0 This episode: Eukaryotic ocean microbes have surpr...

Enterobacter cloacae This episode: A stable community of only 7 bacteria around corn roots take on similar functions to the much more di...

This episode: Microbes from obese mice seemed helpful in protecting other mice somewhat from an unhealthy lifestyle. Download Episode ...