Short Stories of Bacteria

In this episode, we learn about a new and exciting technology called Microbial Fuel Cells, a series of bacteria-based batteries that could some day replace current (lol) batteries. We also dip our toe into why and how batteries work, as well as why a biobattery might make more sense in the long run. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230418142519.htm...

In this episode, we learn about alcohols and the way that our livers process the alcohol that we consume. We also learn about how a simple probiotic could minimize the impact of alcohol both at the level of behavior and at the level of disease. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230411105843.htm https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04294-22...

Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.science.org/content/article/high-flying-bacteria-might-not-snooze https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/air-microbe-how-bacteria-fly-around-the-world/ https://www.livescience.com/2333-earth-clouds-alive-bacteria.html   In this episode, we again look at things from the bacteria's perspective. We learn about how they have the ability to &q...

Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230403133512.htm https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-021-01093-y In this episode, we learn a little bit about the way that our appetite is controlled, and we discuss how bacteria that live in our gut are influenced by both the everyday food we take in, as well as changes in our diet.

Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14442-0 https://www.beeculture.com/a-closer-look-social-immunity/ In today's episode, we learn about eusocial animals, the benefits and problems of living eusocially (from a microbial perspective) and the ways that the most beloved eusocial organism of them all interacts with their bacterial environment. 

Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230314110755.htm https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(23)00153-9/fulltext In this episode, we'll learn a bit about a bacteria that lives in a truly extreme environment and how it manages to survive there.  We'll also learn about a dedicated virus that chases after the bacteria, braving this extreme envir...