Bacteriofiles
The podcast for microbe lovers.
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BacterioFiles 191 - Coats Compose Current Conduits
This episode: Bacterial nanowires are made of the cells' outer ...
This episode: Bacterial nanowires are made of the cells' outer membranes! Download Episode (9.75 MB, 10.6 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Algae in low light can switch quantum light harvesting on or...
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BacterioFiles 190 - Bacteriophages Bust Biofilm Beacons
This episode: Engineered phages can both kill bacteria and disrupt ...
This episode: Engineered phages can both kill bacteria and disrupt their communications! Download Episode (14.8 MB, 16.2 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Tiny microbes affect temperature by how much sunlight is...
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BacterioFiles 189 - Saliva Slows Sprout Supporter
This episode: Fungi living in grasses make toxic compounds to ...
This episode: Fungi living in grasses make toxic compounds to defend against herbivores, but some animals can overcome this defense with their saliva! Download Episode (5.4 MB, 5.9 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting...
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BacterioFiles 188 - Rat Residents Relieve Resin Roughness
This episode: Gut bacteria in Mojave desert woodrats help them ...
This episode: Gut bacteria in Mojave desert woodrats help them detoxify and eat toxic creosote bushes! Download Episode (10 MB, 10.8 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: It can be hard to recover a good...
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BacterioFiles 187 - Bacteria Bolster Bedbug Biotin
This episode: Some Wolbachia bacteria produce vitamin B7 for their ...
This episode: Some Wolbachia bacteria produce vitamin B7 for their insect hosts! Download Episode (7.1 MB, 7.75 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Play classic video games with live microbes Bacterial...
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BacterioFiles 186 - Matched Mice, Mismatched Microbiota
This episode: Gut microbes can be different even in genetically ...
This episode: Gut microbes can be different even in genetically identical mice in similar conditions! Download Episode (7.4 MB, 8 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Bacteria could make building materials using less...
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BacterioFiles 185 - Bacteroid Builds Beta-lactam Buffer
This episode: Antibiotic-degrading probiotics protect mouse gut microbes from hostile ...
This episode: Antibiotic-degrading probiotics protect mouse gut microbes from hostile pathogen takeover after antibiotic treatment! Download Episode (7.8 MB, 8.5 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Insect...
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BacterioFiles 184 - Fungus Friends Fabricate Fragrance
This episode: Truffle's microbiome helps produce its attractive aromas! Download ...
This episode: Truffle's microbiome helps produce its attractive aromas! Download Episode (12.5 MB, 13.6 minutes)Show notes:Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Microbes in lungs (of mice) seem to help reduce inflammation Link between...
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BacterioFiles 183 - Simplex-Sick Stem Cell Salve
This episode: Cancer-killing viruses could work even better when loaded ...
This episode: Cancer-killing viruses could work even better when loaded into stem cells! Download Episode (8.3 MB, 9 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper Other interesting stories: Many genes can be swapped in area around fungal...
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BacterioFiles 182 - Chloroplast Colonizers' Contradictory Conflicts
This episode: BacterioFiles teams up with The Plant Pathology Podcast ...
This episode: BacterioFiles teams up with The Plant Pathology Podcast to talk about how microbes living in plants sometimes team up with the plants, sometimes with plant pathogens! Download Episode (17.7 MB, 19.25 minutes)Show notes:Journal...
