BacterioFiles
Jesse Noar
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The podcast for microbe lovers: reporting on exciting news about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.
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MAR 11, 2024
490: Parasitoid Pox Partners
This episode: A virus partners with a parasitoid wasp to help exploit fruit fly victims! (7.7 MB, 11.2 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Actinomadura livida Takeaways Parasitoid wasps have an interesting lifestyle: they inject their...
11 MIN
JAN 29, 2024
489: Soil Smell Synthesis Significance
This episode: Many organisms produce the smell of earth, geosmin, and many others can sense it–but why? (6.0 MB, 8.7 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Takeaways The smell of soil or earth is one of the most...
8 MIN
DEC 11, 2023
488: Social Slimes Synchronize Sorties
This episode: Slime mold amoebas Fonticula alba have interesting and unique foraging and reproductive behaviors! (7.3 MB, 10.6 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Takeaways How did life develop from single-celled organisms...
10 MIN
NOV 20, 2023
487: Probiotic Pulverizes Pathogen Persisters
This episode: A probiotic strain of E. coli can target and destroy pathogens that survive a treatment of antibiotics! (8.2 MB, 12 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Streptomyces griseoruber Takeaways Antibiotic resistance is...
11 MIN
OCT 30, 2023
486: Biohybrid Bacteria Build Biomass
This episode: Incorporating light-absorbing molecules into bacterial membranes can allow bacteria to use solar energy to transform nitrogen gas into fertilizer! (6.5 MB, 9.9 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Wheat dwarf virus ...
9 MIN
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