BacterioFiles 247 - Animalcule Acetate Ameliorates Asthma

This episode: Feeding mice high-fiber diets reduces their risk of allergic airway disease, even across generations!

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Show notes:
Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

Challenging bacteria with other bacteria can help for discovering useful chemicals they produce

Bacteria's CRISPR systems can affect their own genome structure (paper)

Observing bacterial communities to sense pollution in the environment (paper)

Fruit fly bacteria reduce aggression and fighting among males

Bacterial nanoparticles can enhance x-rays

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BacterioFiles 246 - Prowling Protist Predator Packs

This episode: Amoebas in soil gang up on and eat much larger roundworms!

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Show notes:
Journal Paper
Video of amoebas eating worm
Discussion on This Week in Microbiology

Other interesting stories:

Fungi living inside plants produce potential anticancer compound (paper)

Local bacteria help protect and nurture crops in Nigeria (paper)

Squished bacteria grow as pancake-shaped cells (paper)

Bacteria living in fungi that help plants have many genes taken from their hosts (paper)

Engineering yeast that produce opiates cheaply

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BacterioFiles 245 - Plant Prokaryotes Produce Protective Plaques

This episode: Bacteria around rice roots help protect plants from arsenic toxicity!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

Effect on gut microbes is important for benefits from fiber in diet (paper)

Which aspects of nose bacterial community affect Staphylococcus colonization? (paper)

Bacteria passing electrons to each other might help natural gas production (paper)

Gut microbes permit insects to eat new kinds of food

There's more than just bacteria and fungi (and plants and animals) in the soil

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BacterioFiles 244 - Rabbit Viruses Exploding Cancer

This episode: A conversation with Audiommunity hosts about a rabbit virus that may help treat cancer while preventing the treatment from killing the patient!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper
Audiommunity podcast
Unedited version of this episode

Other interesting stories:

Finding algae in glacial ice on mountains Peru

Soil bacteria inhibit carcinogen production by fungi (paper)

Birds carry around many kinds of plant bacteria

Thinking of leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens as biotech fermentations (paper)

Making Azotobacter mutants that can produce fertilizer for other organisms (paper)

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BacterioFiles 243 - Fungal Friends Facilitate Phytoextraction (feat. Cat Adams)

This episode: A conversation with Cat Adams about how fungi help plants clean up toxic zinc nanoparticles in soil!

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Show notes:
Journal Paper
About Cat Adams: Blog/Twitter
The Unconscious Bias Project (Twitter)

Other interesting stories:

Microbes could be useful in cleaning radioactive waste

Loaded bacteria deliver antibiotic straight to target through immune system (paper)

Bacterial interactions help marine algae grow

Engineered luminescent probiotics could help detect cancer

Bacteria could save bats from deadly fungus

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BacterioFiles 242 - Corporeal Communities Create Characterizing Codes

This episode: Features of the microbial communities of people's bodies could be used to identify individuals!

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Show notes:
Commentary/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

Gut bacteria and gut cancer relate in confusing ways (paywall)

More about how giant Mimivirus infects its host

Even seemingly helpful microbes may become harmful in certain contexts (paywall)

Microbes in sewage seem to rebuild drugs that treatment plants try to remove

Microbes could help keep water clean

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BacterioFiles 241 - Colon Colonizers Control Cancer Combat

I'm back!

This episode: Gut microbes enhance the effectiveness of cancer therapies!

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

Other interesting stories:

Microbiome an important link between diet and colon cancer

Viruses can be helpful more often than we realize

Fungus breaks down plant matter and makes jet fuel

Engineering E. coli for better exploration of other species' genetic potential

It's possible our food might be too clean

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