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2024-03-11

  Parasitoid Pox Partners

This episode: A virus partners with a parasitoid wasp to help exploit fruit fly victims! Download EpisodeĀ (7.7 MB, 11.2 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Actinomadura livida Takeaways Parasitoid wasps have an interesting lifestyle: they inj...
  Jesse Noar author
2024-01-29

  Soil Smell Synthesis Significance

This episode: Many organisms produce the smell of earth, geosmin, and many others can sense itā€“but why? Download EpisodeĀ (6.0 MB, 8.7 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Acidianus spindle-shaped virus 1 Ā  News item Ā  Takeaways The smell of so...
  Jesse Noar author
2023-12-11

  Social Slimes Synchronize Sorties

This episode: Slime mold amoebas Fonticula alba have interesting and unique foraging and reproductive behaviors! Download EpisodeĀ (7.3 MB, 10.6 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Cajanus cajan Panzee virus News item Ā  Takeaways How did life ...
  Jesse Noar author
2023-11-20

  Probiotic Pulverizes Pathogen Persisters

This episode: A probiotic strain of E. coli can target and destroy pathogens that survive a treatment of antibiotics! Download EpisodeĀ (8.2 MB, 12 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Streptomyces griseoruber Ā  Takeaways Antibiotic resistance ...
  Jesse Noar author
2023-10-30

  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! Download EpisodeĀ (6.5 MB, 9.9 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Wheat dwarf vir...
  Jesse Noar author
2023-10-16

  Small Cell Sculpts Sticky Snot Sphere

This episode: A marine protist predator traps prey microbes in an attractive bubble of mucus, eats what it wants, and lets the rest sink, possibly sequestering significant amounts of carbon! Download EpisodeĀ (7.8 MB, 11.4 minutes) Show notes: Microbe ...
  Jesse Noar author
2023-10-02

  Bacteriophages Boost Brains

This episode: Certain phages in the gut are linked with increases in performance on some cognitive tests! Download EpisodeĀ (7.5 MB, 10.9 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Streptomyces bikiniensis News item Takeaways Our gut microbiota in...
  Jesse Noar author
2023-09-18

  Recycling Resources Raises Robustness

This episode: Adding tags to proteins to increase their degradation can help engineered bacteria grow and survive better under various conditions! Download EpisodeĀ (7.3 MB, 10.4 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Lactococcus virus sk1 News i...
  Jesse Noar author
2023-09-04

  Colony Concentric Clock Construction

This episode: Single-celled bacteria can act independently to create patterns and structure in their biofilm communities! Download EpisodeĀ (9.6 MB, 14.0 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Dictyostelium discoideum Skipper virus News item Take...
  Jesse Noar author
2023-08-21

  Hijacker-Host Sequence Swap

This episode: Gene transfers between viruses and eukaryotes have happened many times throughout evolutionary history! Download EpisodeĀ (7.5 MB, 10.9 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Mycoplasma subdolum News item Takeaways As weā€™ve all s...
  Jesse Noar author