BacterioFiles Micro Edition 78 - Proving Prions Provide Positives

This episode: Prions may actually help yeast populations survive!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Do microbiota change as species evolve apart? (paper)
**Viruses pretend to help bacteria but then take over
**Even extinguished hydrothermal vents have interesting life growing
**Fecal bacteria transplant seems effective for C. difficile infections
**Cyanobacteria as art
**Bacteria could be used to diagnose illness by changing poop color
**Fungi degrading another kind of long-lasting polymer

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 77 - Bioluminescent Bifidus Binds Bumps

This episode: Using glowing bacteria to image tumors in the body!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Single cell eats algae and uses their photosynthetic powers
**Jelly fungus could help clean up heavy metal pollution (paper)
**Other fungi help clean up lead
**Bacteria made to produce biofuels from seaweed
**Update: A failed confirmation of bacteria that use arsenic (micro episode 21)
**A biodegradable styrofoam replacement made of fungus
**Diversity of soil microbes could help prevent crop disease  (paper)

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 76 - Glacial Growth

This episode: Bacteria are active even encased in ice!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Aquatic bacteria communicate to organize feeding
**Using bacteria to prevent plumbing clogs from holiday grease
**Bacteria could help measure glucose levels for diabetics
**The ocean environment helped bacteria eat Gulf oil spill faster
**Figuring out how to use microbes to produce a better biofuel compound
**Gut microbes are different in people of different weights
**Algae even grow in water covered with ice

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 75 - Personalizing Prokaryotic Protection

This episode: Scientists figure out how to utilize the prokaryotic immune system!

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Show notes:
News item 1/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Gut microbe diversity protects against allergies
**Researchers create biopixel display, could sense environmental signals
**Certain bacteria seem to have moved to land later than thought, could be good for biofuels
**Stomach bacteria cause ulcers but may protect against diarrhea
**Slime molds could help design efficient networks
**Control over biofilms would be good for biotechnology
**Microbes could power future space robots

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 74 - Phages Facilitate Fester Fighting

This episode: Scientists use phages to make bacteria less antibiotic-resistant!

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Show notes:
Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Using bacterial  bioluminescence for indoor lighting
**The uses and ethics of our microbiome
**Another bacterial insecticide that's harmless to humans
**Microbes could help degrade fracking chemicals and produce more gas (paper)
**Imaging a virus that attacks anthrax
**Bacteria growing with very little heat, oxygen, and food: maybe like on Mars
**Seemingly missing important metabolic enzyme in cyanobacteria found! Could help produce biofuels

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 73 - Single Cells Start Sticking

This episode: Scientists coax yeast to evolve into multicellular clusters!

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

Other interesting stories:
**Bacterial swarm communication could improve robots
**Plant pests trade good bacteria by feeding on the same plant
**Yeast cell parents give daughter cells their newer, less damaged proteins
**Researchers figure out how bacteria break down certain hazardous pollutants
**E. coli made to produce biofuel from switchgrass
**Bacteria could help produce vaccines (paper)
**Probiotics could help when brain trauma causes whacky immune system

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 72 - Microbes Manipulate Mosquito Messages

This episode: Bacteria on your skin affect your attractiveness to mosquitoes!

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

Other interesting stories:
**Virus from smallpox vaccine could help people survive longer with liver cancer
**Craig Venter planning to engineer biofuel-producing algae
**Developing prebiotics by growing fecal bacteria in sugar beet pulp (paper)
**Lactic acid bacteria could be probiotics in mouth too (paper)
**Bacteria can be multicellular too
**Probiotics could help protect gut from radiation
**Probiotics could help treat pancreatitis

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