Bacteria can adapt to environmental fluctuations via mechanisms operating at the various levels of the central dogma, or metabolism (stringent response)

Phage Fight Foils Fitness

August 29, 2022 | Podcasts

A phage both kills bacterial pathogens and selects for reduced virulence!

Super Small Symbionts Soothe Symptoms

July 11, 2022 | Podcasts

Tiny bacteria that live on larger bacteria reduce the inflammation

Prophage Provides Partial Protection

April 03, 2022 | Podcasts

A virus lurking in a bacterial genome

Commensal Can Kill Cholera

February 27, 2022 | Podcasts

Some microbes commonly found harmlessly existing in the gut can resist destruction by the cholera pathogen.

Prion Pivots Productive Pathways

December 27, 2021 | Podcasts

Prions in yeast can allow better adaptation to changing conditions!

Microbes Mining Mars Minerals

December 06, 2021 | Podcasts

Bacteria are able to extract metals from rocks for industrial use, even in microgravity!

Partners Produce Predator Prevention

November 21, 2021 | Podcasts

Bacteria living inside soil fungus produce toxins that can protect their host from tiny predators!

Prodding Pollen's Popping Process

November 08, 2021 | Podcasts

Certain nectar-dwelling bacteria can induce pollen to germinate to access their tasty proteins!

Selectively Stimulating Cell Squatters

September 20, 2021 | Podcasts

One kind of bacteria release a chemical that wakes up phages in a competitor species of bacteria.

Super Ciliate Symbiont Set

September 13, 2021 | Podcasts

A eukaryote has symbionts living in it

Ingrained Invader Inhibits Infectors

September 06, 2021 | Podcasts

Training a phage strain on bacteria can increase its ability to control those bacteria

Prokaryote Publicity Prevents Protist Processes

August 20, 2021 | Podcasts

A common marine algal species was found to stop growing in response to a certain bacterial signal

Prokaryotes Provide Polyp Perserverance

August 01, 2021 | Podcasts

Whether symbionts from more heat-resistant corals could transfer heat resistance to more vulnerable individuals.

Slimy Cells Stop Sinking

July 19, 2021 | Podcasts

Bacteria can resist the force of gravity in liquid culture

Small Cell Studies: Superior Scoops

June 27, 2021 | Podcasts

Certain kinds of studies are more likely than others to show up in the news!

Invader Induces Increased Immensity

June 21, 2021 | Podcasts

A virus of archaea stops cells from dividing

Marine Microbes Make Megapascal Management Molecule

June 07, 2021 | Podcasts

Bacteria that may move between high and low pressure areas in the ocean use a particular molecule to protect their cells from being crushed!

Hitchhiking Horticultural Helpers

May 31, 2021 | Podcasts

Spores of some bacteria latch onto the tails of other bacteria and ride along as they move around in the soil!

Phenazine Faciliates Phosphorus Feeding

May 24, 2021 | Podcasts

Some bacteria produce antibiotics that can also help them gather more nutrients!

Prokaryotic Partner Powers Protist

May 03, 2021 | Podcasts

Single-celled eukaryotes can thrive without oxygen

Phototrophs Fancy Floating Feasts

April 19, 2021 | Podcasts

Despite being photosynthetic, some kinds of algae engage in predatory behavior, hunting and consuming live bacteria!

Subterranean Spotlights Support Cyanobacteria

April 05, 2021 | Podcasts

Lighting in caves open to tourists supports the growth of unwanted photosynthetic bacteria!

Paralyzed Poisons Push Power

March 29, 2021 | Podcasts

Deep-sea bacteria can detoxify cadmium and convert it to light-capturing particles!

Myxomycete Makes Mycelial Memories

March 22, 2021 | Podcasts

How slime molds encode and use memories built into their own bodies!

Big Bacteria Bank Behaviors

February 17, 2021 | Host-microbe-Biology

Giant bacteria with many chromosomes in each cell carry extra genes to help them live in many different environments!

Biofilm Benefits Bone Braces

February 01, 2021 | Podcasts

The biofilm that probiotic bacteria can leave behind on a titanium implant seems to help it integrate better with the existing skeleton

Living Lurking Landmine Locators

January 25, 2021 | Podcasts

Engineered bacteria encapsulated in little beads sense chemicals from landmines and give off light!

Strange Sequence Stops Cell Subjugation

January 17, 2021 | Podcasts

An interesting bacterial genetic element protects against viruses in a unique way!

Fossil Phototroph Phagocytosis

December 28, 2020 | Podcasts

Algae surviving the impact that killed the dinosaurs

Hyphal Hijacker Helps Harvests

December 21, 2020 | Podcasts

A fungus-infecting virus transforms the fungal foe into a friend of its host plant!

Prokaryotes Pay for Passage

December 14, 2020 | Podcasts

Bacteria pay for the privilege of cruising around soil on fungus filaments!

Microbes Mitigate Mushroom Morbidity

November 30, 2020 | Podcasts

Bacterial pathogens produce a toxin that causes button mushrooms to turn brown and rot.

Bacteria Bait Bug Babies

November 16, 2020 | Podcasts

Actinomycete bacteria are often helpful to insects, but some can be deadly yet still attractive!

Warmth leads to increased bone density in mice, and this effect can be attributed to the microbes in the mice, and transmitted from one mouse to another just by transplanting microbes adapted to warmth.

Copper Concentrates Culture Current

October 26, 2020 | Podcasts

Electrochemically active bacteria exploit conductive sulphide networks for enhanced electrogeneity.

Invader Introducing Infrared Invokes Immunity

October 19, 2020 | Podcasts

Combining Salmonella with something called photoimmunotherapy

Killer Carries Compact Cas

September 28, 2020 | Podcasts

A more compact version of CRISPR/Cas discovered in large bacteriophages.

Probiotic Promotes Pathogen Peacefulness

September 21, 2020 | Podcasts

Some strains of Escherichia coli can be beneficial to the host, protecting from and reducing the severity of disease. One such strain is called E. coli Nissle.

Moses Microbes Maintain Moisture

September 07, 2020 | Podcasts

Phototrophs were discovered that can actually extract water molecules bound up in the crystalline structure of the mineral gypsum.

Conductive Cables Control Carbon

August 31, 2020 | Podcasts

Cable bacteria were inoculated into rice pots in the lab. Cable bacteria transfer electrons from deeper down in the ground up to the surface to generate energy, and in the process generate sulfate.

Dextrose Deposits Delay Dormancy

August 24, 2020 | Podcasts

Some bacteria, like humans, can store sugar in a polymer called glycogen, which can be quickly produced when food is abundant and quickly broken down to ease a transition to fasting.

Springtails Smell, Spread Streptomyces

August 17, 2020 | Podcasts

Soil, especially after a rain, often has a characteristic "earthy" smell. This soil smell is actually the result of certain bacteria producing a volatile chemical called geosmin.

Microbes May Manage Mysteries

August 10, 2020 | Podcasts

The microbial communities in and on our bodies are very complex and highly varied between people, raising questions of whether the microbes we transfer onto things we touch could be used like fingerprints or DNA evidence: in forensics, or to track movements and activity.

Simple Cells Stay Strong

August 03, 2020 | Podcasts

Microbes have amazing biochemical transformation abilities, creating and breaking down many compounds and proteins. This makes them great candidates for many purposes in medicine, industry, and environmental remediation.

Sensory Cilia Supply Susceptibility

July 27, 2020 | Podcasts

Study finds that intact sensory cilia, little hairs on the worm's head that help it sense its surroundings, are required for the paralysis to work.

Paired Predators Prevent Pathogen Persistence

June 22, 2020 | Podcasts

A bacteriophage and bacterial predator can wipe out a population of bacteria that could develop resistance to each individually!

Stranger Cells Switch Stable States

June 15, 2020 | Podcasts

Invaders into a community, even if they don't persist for very long, can cause a shift from one stable state to another.

Roundworm Riders Route Rootworm Resistance

June 08, 2020 | Podcasts

In this study, action was taken to counteract the damage the Western corn rootworm causes to corn crops, using a tiny roundworm that attacks the insect pest with deadly bacteria.

Frigid Phototrophs Fuel Fords

June 01, 2020 | Podcasts

Producing both biodiesel and bioethanol fuels from cold-loving Arctic algae!

Nucleocapsids Navigate Nano Nuggets

May 25, 2020 | Podcasts

Using phages to target gold nanoparticles to infect bacteria, then using light to heat the nanoparticles just enough to kill the bacteria!

Cell Societies Stay Stable

May 18, 2020 | Podcasts

Simplified gut communities growing in bioreactors grow and metabolize reproducibly, with only moderate variations

Marine Methane Microbe Multiplication

May 11, 2020 | Podcasts

How quickly marine methane-consuming microbes become active when new methane enters an area!

Special Sea Species Swallows Cells

March 16, 2020 | Podcasts

There are bacteria living almost every different lifestyle you can think of, including predatory, preying on other bacteria

Bacteriophage Blocks Bacterial Bouncers

March 09, 2020 | Podcasts

Bacterial defenses against viruses that infect parasites mostly involve cutting up viral genomes, either by the indiscriminate specific-cutting restriction enzymes, or by adaptive, sequence-sensing CRISPR/Cas systems.

Oxygen Or Other Oxidizes Iron?

March 02, 2020 | Podcasts

Earth's iron deposits could have been created by anaerobic light-harvesting microbes instead of those that make oxygen!

Global Glomus Growth Guesses

February 24, 2020 | Podcasts

Even small organisms can have a big effect on the climate of the planet if there are enough of them.

Producing Proton Power Perpetually

February 17, 2020 | Podcasts

There are many options being explored as ways to replace fossil fuels.Hydrogen is one good option. However, competing metabolic pathways make microbial hydrogen production less efficient.

Finding Fire Fungi Footholds

February 10, 2020 | Podcasts

Some fungi only form fruiting bodies after forest fires; where do they hide the rest of the time?

Carbon Concentration Complicates Crop Cooperation

February 03, 2020 | Podcasts

Soil microbes that partner with crop plants for the benefit of each may help feed a growing population.

Parasite Produces Partial Plant-like Predator

January 27, 2020 | Podcasts

Giant viruses are distinct in many ways from other viruses, even aside from their size.

Microbes Modify Muscle Measurement

January 20, 2020 | Podcasts

Making changes to the microbe communities of mice could affect the physical function and body composition of the mice.

Marine Methane Mostly Munched

January 13, 2020 | Podcasts

One source of methane is low-oxygen zones in the ocean, where certain kinds of archaea make methane as part of their energy metabolism. This study found that other anaerobic microbes in the same areas consume much of this methane, preventing it from reaching the atmosphere.

Currents Carry Cloud Creators

January 06, 2020 | Podcasts

Certain microbes make particles that form the nucleus of water droplets or ice crystals that make up clouds, and other microbes can perform this nucleation themselves.

Fungus Facilitates Phototroph Feeding

December 23, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Different DNA Destroys Disease Drivers

December 16, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Coated Colonizers Counteract Corrosion

December 09, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Phages Force Food Finding

November 25, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Mercury Modifies Microbe Metabolism

November 18, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Microbe Membranes Mobilize Microglia

November 11, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Phototrophs Fill Fungal Filaments

November 04, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Considering Consumables' Community Correlations

October 21, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Conductor Creating Carbon Canvases

October 14, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Marathon Microbes Maximize Mileage

October 07, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Plant Promotes Pathogen-Prohibiting Partner

September 30, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Bacteria Boost Blood Bank Budgets

September 23, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Many Microbiome Mindsets

September 16, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Skinny Cell Structure Supports

August 26, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Prokaryote Partner Prevents Pathogen Potency

August 12, 2019 | Podcasts

Bacterial symbionts of amoebas help them survive bacterial infection.

Magnetic Microbes Maneuver Marine Manager

August 05, 2019 | Podcasts

A marine protist can orient itself along magnetic fields.

Slime Stores Sodium Sensibility

July 15, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Friendly Phages Find Foes

July 08, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Prokaryotes Pacify Protein Problem

July 01, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Floor Fungi Fracture Phthala

June 16, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Carbonate Creators Combat Cracking

June 10, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Cupola Contaminant Cleaners

June 03, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Prokaryotes Protect Paper

May 27, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Moss Materials Modify Microbiota

May 20, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Communities Carry Communicable Communities

May 13, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Small Scavengers Suck Sizeable Cells

April 14, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Chlorophyll Can Convey Cancer Characteristics

April 07, 2019 | Podcasts

News about bacteria, archaea, and sometimes even eukaryotic microbes and viruses.

Plant Promoter Produces Polymer

March 31, 2019 | Podcasts

A microbe that boosts plant growth needs to make storage polymers for both itself and the plant's sake!

Photons Facilitate Faster Flourishing

March 24, 2019 | Podcasts

Light increases the growth even of some bacteria that don't harvest its energy!

Medusa Makes Marble Microbes

March 17, 2019 | Podcasts

Newly discovered giant virus from a hot spring turns its amoeba hosts to stone!

Distributed Defense-Defeating Devices

March 10, 2019 | Podcasts

Newly discovered CRISPR-inhibiting genes are found in many different bacterial groups!

Pressurized Pollutant Pulls Products

March 03, 2019 | Podcasts

Supercritical carbon dioxide and bacteria that can grow in it make a great combination for biofuel production!

Prepared Pathogen Preserves Perception

February 24, 2019 | Podcasts

A cancer-killing virus could help increase success of treatment of a form of eye cancer in children!

Microbes Muzzle Malicious Metal

February 17, 2019 | Podcasts

Mouse gut microbes, from mice or from human donors, can protect mice against arsenic toxicity!

Plant Pilots Prevent Parching

February 10, 2019 | Podcasts

Beneficial fungi found inside wild grain plants help wheat plants grow better with less water!

Roundworm Riders Repel Raiders

February 03, 2019 | Podcasts

Bacteria that help nematodes prey on insects also help keep fungi from stealing their kills

Cell Stalker Senses Signals

January 27, 2019 | Podcasts

Phages eavesdrop on bacterial communications to attack at the perfect moment!

Magnets Make Messenger More Moveable

January 22, 2019 | Podcasts

Enhancing a virus with magnetic nanoparticles and CRISPR-Cas gene editing abilities makes it a good vector for genetic therapies!

Powering Purple Prokaryote Protonation

January 13, 2019 | Podcasts

Purple phototrophic bacteria could use certain kinds of wastewater, along with electric current, to produce valuable products like hydrogen without much waste!

Prokaryotes Promote Passing Parent Peculiarities

January 07, 2019 | Podcasts

Fruit fly gut microbes can mediate non-genetic traits passed from parents to offspring!

Migrating Modifies Microbiota

January 03, 2019 | Podcasts

Women who immigrated to the US from southeast Asia lost much of their gut microbiota diversity, resulting in a microbe community similar to the typical American!

About

Jesse Noar is a microbiology Ph.D., from North Carolina State University who finds microbes continually fascinating. He works on ways to see just how good for us bacteria can be, and in order to share his enthusiasm for discoveries made by others or himself, he created BacterioFiles.

Back in early 2009, when science podcasts first caught his interest, he looked around to see if he could find any up-to-date podcasts that were focused on microbiology. He found a few, but they mostly seemed to focus on the negative aspects of bacteria or viruses that cause disease. He wanted news about how important bacteria and other microbes are, in our bodies, in the environment, and even in our technology, as well as how interesting and diverse they can be. So his path was clear: he had to fill the niche.

That path led to the creation of BacterioFiles, the podcast for microbe lovers, dedicated to promoting the exploration of the mostly invisible world that is all around us.

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