BacterioFiles Micro Edition 144 - Copper Chelator Calms Quicksilver

This episode: Bacteria could reduce mercury's toxicity in their environment!

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Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Symbiotic bacteria help plant pests trick their host plants
**Finding ancient organisms in Antarctic ice
**Immune system regulates skin microbe communities (paper)
**Panda gut microbes could be pretty good for cellulose biofuel production
**Cold doesn't seem to prevent microbes from eating polluting hydrocarbons

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 143 - Parasites Prevent Paired Pestilences

This episode: Gut parasites may fight each other to infect!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Fungus-bacterium community does well producing biofuel from cellulose (paper)
**Improving microbes' ability to generate electricity
**Cyanobacterium can produce 5 different biofuels
**Sequencing-based community sampling may overestimate microbial diversity (paper)
**Bacteria could help harvest biofuel algae by clumping them together (paper)

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 142 - Diversity Determines Dimensions

This episode: Higher gut bacterial diversity is correlated with lower obesity and related problems!

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News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Gut bacteria may influence weight gain when quitting smoking
**Probiotic can inhibit pathogen motility (paper)
**Microbes deep under sea floor divide every 10,000 years
**Searching sea microbes for promising new chemicals
**Stick bug gut bacteria seem to make good antibacterial compounds

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 141 - Sulfuric Slurry Cells Store Cerium

This episode: Bacteria in a volcanic mudpot require rare earth elements to grow!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Scientists may develop a bacterial toxin that kills mosquitoes
**Fungus-like bacteria could help reduce potato disease (paper)
**Microbiology report makes suggestions for feeding the world
**Bacteria from termite gut could help produce biofuels
**Microbes that are important for creating delicious fermented foods

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 140 - Transposon Tunes Timely Transcription

This episode: "Selfish" jumping gene is actually helpful for its host plant's resistance to disease!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Gut microbes may make difference in autoimmunity between males and females
**Helpful fungal symbiont prevents growth of toxin-producing fungi in potatoes (paper)
**Modified soil bacteria could treat parasite infections (paper)
**Mothers transfer good bacteria to babies through breastmilk
**Pollution-degrading bacteria are more common than was known

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 139 - Tamed Trespassers Treat Tumors

This episode: Inactivated virus particles may treat cancer or even vaccinate against it!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Students try to make perpetual lightbulb out of glowing bacteria
**Nematode carries around bacterial coat that it can use as a snack
**Predatory bacteria could be used to treat drug-resistant pathogens
**Fungus and bacterium work together to make biofuels out of plant waste
**Microbes may be able to survive down to -20C, but no lower

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 138 - Slime Sustains Sidekick Pseudomonas

This episode: Slime mold cells carry bacteria with them, some for food and some for chemical warfare!

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News item 1/News item 2/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:

**Vaccines using Salmonella could now pass through the stomach, becoming more effective
**C-section might not be as good for infants' gut communities
**Useful RNA-based technique for modifying biotech cells' metabolism
**Protein allows gut cells to tolerate good bacteria and depend on them for protection from pathogens
**Bacteria may be better way to clean chemicals from water supply

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