BacterioFiles Micro Edition 123 - Proteobacteria Protonate Poison

This episode: Soil microbe has a good enzyme for degrading cyanide pollution!

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Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Company developing virus to treat cancer
**Prions help fungi regulate their multicellularity
**History and status of phage therapy
**Protists from termite gut named after elder gods
**Screening many chemicals, scientists found some that increase algal oil production

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 122 - Coliforms Consume Caffeine Compulsively

This episode: Scientists engineer E. coli to be addicted to caffeine!

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News Item 1/News Item 2/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Figuring out how microbes survive in salty freezing lakes
**Bacterial wires conduct electricity because of certain amino acids
**Making cyanobacteria produce butanol biofuel
**Byproduct of algal biofuel production could be made into biodegradable plastic
**Phage therapy looking more promising

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 121 - Horizontal Hacks Help Harsh Habitation

This episode: Alga adapts to hot, toxic environments by copying prokaryote genes!

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News Item 1/News Item 2/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Same species of bacteria that causes acne might also protect against it
**Bacteria in sourdough bread inhibit mold growth
**Navy develops device to treat wastewater and produce electricity simultaneously
**Marine bacteria could make useful new antibiotics
**Fungi seem to protect plant foliage from leaf-cutter ants

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 120 - Particles Pirate Prokaryote Protection

This episode: A virus has borrowed a bacterium's defenses to infect better!

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News Item 1/News Item 2/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Signals from neighbors tell bacteria to induce phage resistance
**Man-made wetland filled with bacteria could clean waste pharmaceuticals from water
**Bacteria seem to have specific relationships with apple tree flowers
**Reintroducing healthy gut community clears out drug-resistant pathogens in mice
**Weaving bacteriophages into packaging to help food safety (paper)

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 119 - Bacteria Bypass Blood-Brain Barrier?

This episode: Our brain might be home to helpful bacteria!

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News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Antarctic bacteria cling to ice crystals
**Viruses could actually be helpful for plants
**Probiotic bacteria seemed to help male mice's bone density
**Marine microbe's enzyme could break down sinusitis biofilms
**Yeast engineered to produce butanol in its mitochondria

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 118 - Fungi Found in Seafloor Sediments

This episode: Fungi are found living deep under the sea!

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News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Scientists test artificial feces transplants to treat C. difficile infections
**Exposure to bacteria from adult male mice seems to protect young female mice against type 1 diabetes
**Bacteria that take electrons from iron can take them directly from electricity too and fix carbon dioxide
**Sea creatures often team up with bacteria that produce potential new drugs
**Engineered herpes virus could inhibit metastasis of certain cancers

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 117 - Helicobacter Helps or Hurts Health?

This episode: Helicobacter pylori seems not to be more harmful than helpful!

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News Item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Our guts and plants' roots may be similar in some ways in terms of microbes (paper)
**Bacteria found that maybe could grow in Martian poles
**Mother's milk may be important source of microbes for infant
**Microbes in clouds affect their chemical composition (paper)
**Scientists take samples of microbes in hurricanes

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