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Thursday, October 21, 2010

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 17 - Radical Radiation Resistance

This episode: Bacteria super-resistant to radiation: here's how!

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Show notes:
News story 1/News story 2/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Thrifty bacteria spend less on expensive proteins in hard times
**Using cold virus to treat cancer
**Paper about microbial enhancement of oil recovery
**Probiotics could prevent colic in babies
**Cannibal bacteria could be source of new antibiotics

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Labels: animals, bacteria, biotechnology, extremophiles, genetics, health, proteins

Thursday, October 14, 2010

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 16 - Capturing Costly Catalysts

This episode: Using bacteria to recover precious metals like palladium!

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Show notes:
News story/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Virus could fight malaria without resistance to it evolving
**A while ago, microbes made life possible in barren oceans
**The oil spill might actually be degraded quickly, thanks to newly discovered microbes
**Using nanotech to manipulate light to help algae grow to produce biofuels
**Giving fungus sunscreen to help it fight crop-eating insects

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!

Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter, MicrobeWorld, or SciencePodcasters.org

This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
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Labels: bacteria, biotechnology, climate change, electricity, genes, proteins

Sunday, October 10, 2010

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 15 - Terrific Tiny Transplants

This episode: Potentially useful bacterial transplants!

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Show notes:
News story/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Giving yeast plant-digesting genes
**Using dog droppings to light dog park
**Microbes can cause gas explosions
**Aphids have modified their immune system to accommodate microbial symbiotes
**Paper on gut microbes of the elderly

Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!

Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter, MicrobeWorld, or SciencePodcasters.org

This show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.
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Labels: bacteria, disease prevention, ecology, health, immune system, microbiome, probiotics, symbiosis
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