While fecal transplants represent an exciting leap forward, there still are some issues with it. We'll explore how to remedy these issues in today's episode.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240612140911.htm

https://www.cell.com/device/fulltext/S2666-9986(24)00242-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666998624002424%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#secsectitle0080

In a world full of pathogenic fungus, this frog is defying the odds to ward off extinction.

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https://www.amphibianark.org/the-crisis/chytrid-fungus/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07582-y

Wouldn't it be just great if we could make a designer antibiotic that didn't murther our own microbiome?


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What do vaccinations, differential equations, and your addiction to chocolate all have in common? We’ll talk about that and so much more on today’s episode of short stories of bacteria.

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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294579

https://damecacao.com/chocolate-statistics/#12

So why are we supposed to save our eggshells again? We'll talk about this in today's episode!


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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.00242-24

https://gardenpals.com/gardening-statistics/#:~:text=1.%20The%20Covid%20pandemic%20created%2018.3%20million%20new%20gardeners%2C%20most%20of%20whom%20are%20millennials.

Could we use bacteria to help with blood transfusions? Find out today on today's episode!



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https://www.sciencealert.com/enzymes-discovered-in-gut-bacteria-can-change-a-donors-blood-groups

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01663-4

Time to solve a murder! Only this time, we'll be using bacteria to catch the killer!

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Could you get the benefits of fasting just from sipping some kombucha? We’ll talk all about this today on short stories of bacteria.

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https://www.hindawi.com/journals/dm/2022/5653739/

https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011003

"What on earth is a Death Vesicle, Dr. K?" you ask. We'll learn all about this, about biofilms and so much more in today's episode.

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A microwaved bacteria? But why? For what purpose, Dr. K? All this an more on today's episode. Don't forget to check out the YouTube Channel!!

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In this first episode of Stories from the Ivory Guesthouse, we speak with my good friend Dr. Jordan Iratishe, who briefly shares her story to science, her work in graduate school, and suggestions for those starting their scientific journey. Hope you enjoy!

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Did you know that tea quality is dependent on bacteria? Learn all about this and so much more on today's episode of short stories of bacteria.

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 Changes in your microbiome influence the aches and pains we have as we get older! We'll jump into this in today's episode. 

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In a world that is overrun with plastics, a team of worms and bacteria could be all the difference.

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https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-affects-sea-life-throughout-the-ocean

https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/may-2023/understanding-plastic-pollution-and-its-impact-lives

Kamikaze (or divine wind, in Japanese), was a way that Japanese fighter pilots would try to attack Allied ships in WWII. Could they possible have something in common with bacteria?

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Stress is awful for so many reasons, but one that you may not have known was that it damages our microbiome! Listen to SSB for more info!

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Does your table infect you?? Can you make your table a little less infectious? All this and more in this episode of Short Stories of Bacteria.

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We all know babies rely on moms as they develop, but did you know that this happens in part through the mom's microbiome?

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How does a poor wounded ant survive a termite bite when the threat of infection is so high? All this and more on today's episode!

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43885-w

One of the most fascinating area of research goes into how pathogenic microorganisms and their hosts fight it out in the battlefield of life. Here we discuss a new weapon that plants use to tackle their miniature enemies!

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So it turns out that what determines the colour of our urine is bacteria! Find out more in this episode of SSB.

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With a bunch of keys in its paws, this bacteria targets a bunch of different prey..

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How does one achieve immortality? Does bacteria play a role in said immortality? Welcome back for a New Year of Bacterial Stories!!

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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/inside-earth-microbes-approach-immortality/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224004-exclusive-humans-placed-in-suspended-animation-for-the-first-time/

https://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/microbes-help-hibernating-animals-recycle-nutrients-maintain-muscle-through-winter/

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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Happy Christmas and Holiday season from SSB! In this episode, we'll be looking at the charming reindeer and its adaptations to the frigid climes of the North.

[Correction: After consulting with a zoologist, it turns out that reindeer and caribou are the same thing! Please excuse the typo.]

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https://phys.org/news/2021-12-ways-reindeer-perfectly-evolved-santa.html

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Today we shall explore the oozy-goozy goo of the slug and the snail. Surely there's no connexion between that and bacteria, is there? Tune in to another episode of SSB!

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8822593/

https://www.kqed.org/science/27260/banana-slugs-secret-of-the-slime

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jcim-2017-0168/html

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/june/how-slug-slime-could-help-heal-a-broken-heart.html

The most famous bacteria in history is no doubt the bacteria that caused the Plague. Today, on another episode focused on disease history, we'll identify this bacteria, how it works, and how it presented itself through history. 

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https://origins.osu.edu/connecting-history/covid-justinianic-plague-lessons?language_content_entity=en

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In this spicy episode of SSB, we address more of your questions regarding the impact of the microbiome on flavor, as well as different ways that the oral microbiome is influenced. 

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7730216/

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It's very rare that we see bacteria as being the heroes of a story. Don't they typically act as pathogens? In this episode of SSB, we see how bacteria could possibly shield us from some of the deadliest diseases in the world. 

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https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/work/wolbachia-method/how-it-works

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https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dengue-and-severe-dengue#:~:text=Dengue%20is%20a%20viral%20infection,million%20infections%20occurring%20each%20year.

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Have you ever wondered if bacteria contribute to taste at all? Today on SSB, we'll investigate this curious question, using onions, grapes, even chocolate as our starting point!

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https://microbiologysociety.org/publication/past-issues/microbes-and-food/article/a-matter-of-taste-using-microbes-to-influence-flavour-production.html

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jf801873h

How do bacteria and other microbes influence our food and how we experience our food? It turns out in very obvious and not-so-obvious ways. In this episode of SSB, we'll explore one of the common ways we eat bacteria. 

On this themed episode of Short Stories of Bacteria, we tell a couple of fun and spooky stories of history that relate to bacteria. 

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/jewett-city-vampires/

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/the-doctor-who-drank-infectious-broth-gave-himself-an-ulcer-and-solved-a-medical-mystery

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1246068/

In this episode of SSB, we look at some of the issues that can arise in our four-legged friends, and how researchers are working to remedy them using a close relative of the pooch. 

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Have you ever considered how bacteria could possibly be used to help around the house? In this episode of SSB, we explore a common way to to use bacteria and how to enhance composting with the powers of science. 

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Is there a relationship between our microbiome and cancer therapy? All this and more on today's episode!

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https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2017.22938

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aan4236

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00538-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867424005385%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#%20

In this episode of SSB, we'll discuss some interesting molecular war machines that bacteria employ to fight each other, and discuss a plucky small bacteria that pulls victory from the jaws of defeat on the battlefield.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2879262/

In this episode of Short Stories of Bacteria, we return to M. tuberculosis to ask the fundamental question: how is it so effective at killing us? We'll dive into how it works as a pathogen, and the historically controversial vaccine that is used today to fight M. tb's pathogenesis. 

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28297677/

There is a pathogen that has been chasing after us humanity first came onto the scene. It hounded us for millennia, and only recently have we been able to push back with great effectiveness. On today's episode of SBB, we will explore its story, and how humanity gradually put together enough information to fight back. 

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https://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htm#:~:text=TB%20in%20humans%20can%20be,China%20(2%2C300%20years%20ago).

Now that we've started talking to bacteria using the power of quorum sensing, what are some ways that we can use quorum sensing in therapy? We answer this question and dive deep into the mechanisms of quorum sensing on today's episode of SSB.

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What would you do if you could speak bacteria-ise? Do bacteria have a language, and if so, how does it work? All this and so very very much more in today's episode!

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543102/#:~:text=Quorum%20sensing%20is%20a%20process,and%20adjust%20gene%20expression%20accordingly.

As we continue our discussion on battling antibiotic resistant bacteria, we reintroduce the common bacteriophage. A small critter with a penchant for gobbling up bacteria. Could this be a way to stop bacteria who have gone off the rails and are resistant to antibiotics? Find out in this episode of SSB. 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ppul.25190?src=getftr

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2019.00513/full

When you hear about how scary bacteria can be, it can sometimes be tempting to totally sanitize your life in an attempt to avoid getting sick. But is it better for you to have a sanitized life? What does a world without bacteria look like? All this on today's episode of SSB.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7332307/

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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 stage for multiple conversations over the course of the next few weeks. Be sure to tun into today's episode of SSB. 

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https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about/how-resistance-happens.html

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antibiotic-resistance

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230427114547.htm

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 bacteria in particular that may be totally fine. All this and more in this episode of SSB.

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https://www.epa.gov/radtown/natural-radioactivity-food

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232343-100-godzilla-king-of-the-monsters-reveals-our-obsession-with-radiation/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC99018/

https://bigthink.com/health/tough-bacteria/

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 are there? All this and more on this exciting episode of SSB.

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https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/research/how-genetically-similar-are-we-to-banana/

https://www.pfizer.com/news/articles/how_genetically_related_are_we_to_bananas

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974192/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160642/

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000106

Scientists are using dogs and rats to help fight disease! Learn out how in this episode!

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01751-9

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557773/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472979212001436?via%3Dihub

So we've learned about Horizontal Gene Transfer, but how does this work from a mechanistic standpoint? What does a dog and a lawn mower sound like on a podcast? All this and more on this episode of Short Stories of Bacteria.

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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 characteristics? Do humans and bacteria exchange genes? How do bacteria exchange genes? All this and more on today's episode..


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https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-gene-stolen-bacteria-set-stage-human-sight

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230710180448.htm

https://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/bacterialworld/

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2009.1679

https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg2386

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 more in today's episode.

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/84400 

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bacteria-algae-phytoplankton-symbiosis-backstab

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0332-7 

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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 microbiome, is there something generally that we can do? We'll chit-chat all about this and more on Episode 21 of Short Stories of Bacteria!

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02065-y

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00597-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867423005974%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

https://insight.microba.com/blog/microbial-diversity-the-key-to-improving-gut-health/

https://ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1758-2229.13126

https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/93/5/fix050/3744313

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35937392/