BacterioFiles Micro Edition 40 - Prompting Plant Protectors

This episode: Plants call to bacteria for help!

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Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Studying the gut bacteria of premature infants
**Microbes maintain Australian rock art colors
**How bacteria build up on jeans after months of wearing (ew)
**How gut Clostridia modulate the inflammation
**Salt-loving microbe found with a new carbon metabolism pathway
**New (possibly very new) group of algae discovered

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 39 - Evolving Efficient Enzymes

This episode: A bacteria-virus system for developing useful enzymes!

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News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Bacteria revived from 34,000-year-old salt crystals
**Storing terabytes of data in bacterial cells
**Software for genetically programming bacteria
**Bacterium uses iron for different tasks by day and by night
**Using bacteria to treat wound infections?
**Measles virus could fight cancer

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 38 - Competitor Curbs Cavities

This episode: Bacteria may help prevent cavities!

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News item/Journal paper

Other interesting stories:
**Bacteria use viruses that try to kill them to become stronger
**Microbes are eating a hole in the sea floor
**New yeast is better at breaking down plants for biofuel
**Biofilm is very good at repelling liquids
**Making beer from wild microbes
**Bacteria cooperate electrically

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