BacterioFiles Micro Edition 81 - Agrobacterium Antibodies Attack AIDS

This episode: Scientists find a way to possibly make an HIV vaccine using bacteria!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Bacteria may help to store excess carbon dioxide underground
**Bacteriophage needles that penetrate bacteria have iron tip
**Pathogen could be useful, produces very strong glue
**Yeast made to respond to magnets, useful for biotech
**Exploring the ocean, microscopically
**Improving knowledge of an already well-known useful bacterium
**Cold-loving yeasts: where they are and what they (could) do (paper)

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 80 - Bacterial Breakdown Benefits Bugs

This episode: Bacteria help leaf-cutter ants break down their garden fertilizer!

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Show notes:
News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Smoking disrupts healthy mouth bacteria, letting pathogens invade
**Seems like viral infection led to evolution of mammals
**Finding life under crust of dry desert could help find life on Mars and such
**Fungi with bacterial genes make antivirals out of crustacean shells
**Thermophiles may make good biofuel producers
**Mapping all microbes on Earth
**Making bacteria do all kinds of things

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 79 - Stratospheric Strain's Super Sparks

This episode: Finding stratospheric electricity-producing microbes!

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

Other interesting stories:
**Probiotic bacteria may work partly due to special coating
**New microbes found in mysterious ocean caves
**Figuring out how bacteria use stickiest glue
**Studying microbes under dead seals in Arctic
**Bacteria and their size - is it ideal?
**Desert archaea allow themselves to dry out but remain viable (paper)
**Could use bacteria to treat sleeping sickness

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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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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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