BacterioFiles Micro Edition 51 - Alien Ally Annihilates AIDS

This episode: Attacking HIV using a related virus!

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News article/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Surprisingly, heat-loving microbes found in Antarctica
**Algae found living in salamander cells
**More organisms in streams may mean cleaner water
**Extremophiles living in our hot water heaters
**Bacteria help whiteflies compete better
**Scientists recreate ancient enzymes in lab to see what life was like long ago
**Bacteria engineered to make biofuel out of plant waste

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 50 - Microbes Mop Malicious Metals

This episode: Bacteria could help plants clean up heavy metal-contaminated soils!

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News article/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**What viruses do in our bodies (besides make us sick)
**Blocking CO2 fixation makes bacteria produce more hydrogen
**Probiotic E. coli could prevent other E. coli from causing disease
**Developing bacterial biocontrol of crop pests
**Bacteria eating the ground out from under town
**Oil from algae
**Bacteria can survive surprising levels of radiation

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 49 - Helicobacter Holds Human History

This episode: Stomach bacteria reveal some of human history!

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News article/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Making biofuels out of brewery waste
**Using bacteria to sense toxic chemical contamination of streams
**Gut bacteria could influence wiring of the brain
**Bacteria could prevent excess of nitrogen in pig feed
**Bacteria seem to be eating plastic bits in oceans
**Gut bacteria regulate influence response to influenza
**Bacteria could deliver drugs to specific body parts

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