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.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230418142519.htm

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202301135

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.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230411105843.htm

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04294-22

https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa72/aa72.htm

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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 "fly" and how they use their airtime to converse, eat, and even influence the weather.

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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 environment in its quest for prey.

Bacteria as it turns out are pretty good at manipulating brains. We'll see a dramatic example of that in today's episode!
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https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

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https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/18/1/wrae078/7683888