Short Stories of Bacteria

An emerging problem in healthcare and research is the problem of antibiotic resistance. What is antibiotic resistance and how does it happen? Today we jump into this interesting topic, and set the st…

With the release of the film Oppenheimer, have you been wondering how bacteria would deal with nuclear fallout? Of course you have! And while some would be hard pressed to survive, there is one bacte…

Have you heard that bacteria are very genetically different? Have you heard that they're all over the place? That would mean that there are oodles of bacterial species right? Just how many of them ar…

We've learned that we rely on bacteria heavily with things like the microbiome, but have you ever wondered just how much we've relied on bacteria for evolving what can be thought as mammalian charact…

We've always heard of there being just good bacteria and bad bacteria, but are our interactions with bacteria really that simple? What are the limits to this model and what changes it? All this and m…

What exactly are we talking about when we talk generally about diversifying the microbiome? Is diversifying the microbiome even relevant or healthy? What if we wanted to increase the diversity of the…

Can microbiomes be manipulated into protecting an organism from pathogenic species? Do vaccinations always have to be directed at our immune system? How actually does our immune system work? All this…

It seems like it's very important to prevent bad bacteria from killing us, but what is the impact of giving ourselves good bacteria? Is that even possible, and if so what is the best way to get good …

It is possible that the building that you're in right now may be contributing or detracting from your health? Today we'll explore how different bacterial communities in different environments impact …

In this episode, we'll be investigating how some organisms play piggy-back on the brains of other organisms, turning them into hapless and helpless zombies. We'll give an example of a specific microb…

In this episode of Short Stories of Bacteria, we learn that (heavens forbid!) there are sources of energy other than the mitochondria. In fact, there is one bacteria in particular that tosses out con…

In this episode, we spend a little bit of time differentiating between gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, before we introduce a new, tiny bacteria that is one of the most famous instances of b…

In this episode, we explore the fascinating topic of bacterial altruism, where bacteria seem to act in a totally selfless manner for the good of their communities. Additionally, we introduce biofilms…

In this episode, we learn all about how a vital skeletal process known as bone remodeling is directly linked with the bacteria that populate our body, and how researchers at the International Space S…

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 to…

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 l…

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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/air-microbe-how-bacteria-fly-around-the-w…

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In this episode, we le…

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https://www.beeculture.com/a-closer-look-social-immunity/

In today's episode, we learn about eusocial animals, the…