BacterioFiles Micro Edition 104 - Algae Actualize Active Antibodies

This episode: Engineered diatoms can produce functional antibodies!

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Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Synthetic virus-like particles can attack tumors
**Another kind of biofuel from a good bioplastics microbe
**Feeding your bacteria is important too
**Searching forests for wood-eating fungi (paper)
**Plant-friendly soil bacteria signal plants to shut out pathogens

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 103 - Prokaryotes Palliate Plants' Pollution Pressures

This episode: Soil bacteria can help plants adapt to changing climate conditions!

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News item/Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Producing electricity from sewage treatment
**Gut bacteria very important for infants
**Skin bacteria are helpful
**Bacteria induce single-celled organism to form multi-celled colony
**Using bacteria to fight invasion of zebra mussels

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 102 - Pathogen Processes Polyp-Popping Prodrug

This episode: Tumor-targeting bacteria selectively activate anti-cancer drug!

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Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Microbes are important for production of many kinds of food
**Gut microbe changes that normally seem unhealthy seem beneficial for pregnant women
**Developing microbes to terraform Mars for colonization
**Predatory bacteria digest their prey's bioplastic storage polymers (paper)
**Scientists find abundance of lead-dissolving fungi at old shooting range (paper)

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 101 - Prokaryotes Pressurize Platforms

This episode: Bacteria produce gas that can regulate the depth of underwater sensor devices!

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Journal Paper

Other interesting stories:
**Termite gut bacteria are a good source of biofuel technology
**Sadly, arsenic bacterium GFAJ-1 appears to be arsenate-resistant but phosphate-dependent (papers)
**Figuring out how bacteria degrade carcinogenic benzene
**Beneficial bacteria are important for the skin as well as the gut
**Microbes could use electricity to produce natural gas

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