Short Stories of Bacteria

<p>A delightful and informative series that takes us into the incredible world of bacteria, where we hear astounding and incredible true stories that tickle the mind and bring wonder to the spirit. </p>

Ep. 46 - The Keymaker

With a bunch of keys in its paws, this bacteria targets a bunch of different prey..Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01552-2

01-09
16:19

Ep. 45 - The Immortals

How does one achieve immortality? Does bacteria play a role in said immortality? Welcome back for a New Year of Bacterial Stories!!Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/new-years-resolutions-statistics/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783610/https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/inside-earth-microbes-approach-immortality/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224004-exclusive-humans-placed-in-s...

01-02
20:28

Ep. 76 - Pirates and Bacterial Skullduggery

Allow us to introduce you to an aquatic bacteria that uses grappling hooks and cannons to kill its prey. [Pirate Bacteria Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpVLBimTx2M&feature=youtu.behttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241017173150.htmdx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adp0614Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

10-29
15:03

Ep. 75 - Bacteria Take the Ice Bucket Challenge

In 2014, people took the Ice Bucket Challenge to promote awareness for ALS. But bacteria like cyanobacteria it turns out, did their own cold plunge at a lab in Nashville, TN. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8588Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

10-15
11:46

Ep. 74 - The Microwave Microbiome

Could it be that (horror of horrors), your own microwave has its own microbiome??https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1395751/fullMusic by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

09-24
13:12

Ep. 71 - Do Bacteria Make Us Age

Changes in your microbiome influence the aches and pains we have as we get older! We'll jump into this in today's episode. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-023-01502-8https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.14190

08-13
13:31

Ep. 69 - Can bacteria help us beat cancer?

Is there a relationship between our microbiome and cancer therapy? All this and more on today's episode!Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2017.22938https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aan4236https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00538-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867424005385%3Fshowall%...

07-30
10:21

Ep. 68 - Sniffing Out Disease

Scientists are using dogs and rats to help fight disease! Learn out how in this episode!Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01751-9https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557773/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472979212001436?via%3Dihub

07-23
12:42

Ep. 67 - The Problem With Phages

With all the hubbub around phage therapy, why hasn't this replaced antibiotics entirely? We'll touch on some of the reasons in today's episode..Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01705-xhttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00612-5/abstracthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278648/https://www.nature.com/arti...

07-16
16:02

Ep. 66 - Space Infections

Have you ever wondered what getting sick in space is like? Learn more about this on today’s episode!Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00098-3/fulltext#%20

07-09
15:10

Ep. 65 - The Dormant Sausage Bacteria

Do bacteria sleep? Find out in today's episode!Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.quantamagazine.org/most-life-on-earth-is-dormant-after-pulling-an-emergency-brake-20240605/https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/public-education/brain-basics/brain-basics-understanding-sleephttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07041-8

07-02
12:50

Ep. 64 - Do Bacteria Help Fasting?

What happens when two diets go head to head? And can bacteria help one diet come out on top?Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48355-5https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240528192103.htm

06-18
13:52

Ep. 63 - For the LOLs

Wouldn't it be just great if we could make a designer antibiotic that didn't murther our own microbiome?Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01566-8

06-11
14:27

Ep. 62 - Chocolate, Diffy Q, and Viruses

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. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240423155910.htmhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294579https://damecacao.com/chocolate-stat...

06-04
11:22

Ep. 58 - The Kombucha-based Diet

Could you get the benefits of fasting just from sipping some kombucha? We’ll talk all about this today on short stories of bacteria. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPghttps://www.sciencealert.com/kombucha-could-trigger-similar-benefits-to-fasting-study-findshttps://www.hindawi.com/journals/dm/2022/5653739/https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011003

04-23
14:36

Ep. 55 - Tea Time With Bacteria

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. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240215113554.htmhttps://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00079-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982224000794%3Fshowall%3Dtruehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PM...

03-12
12:41

Ep. 54 - The Little Worm That Could Save the World

In a world that is overrun with plastics, a team of worms and bacteria could be all the difference. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240208122029.htmhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412023006220?via%3Dihubhttps://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/09/24/plastic-pollution-affects-sea-life-throughout-the-oceanhttps://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/may-2023/un...

03-05
10:49

Ep. 53 - Kamikaze Pilots and Bacteria

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?Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/https://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/news/soldier-cellshttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01571-z

02-27
11:15

Ep. 52 - Why You Shouldn't Worry and Instead Be Happy

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!Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550413123004771?via%3Dihubhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00188-4

02-20
15:11

Ep. 49 - Bug Bandaid

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!Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabayhttps://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/004724849290081Jhttps://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/naked-mole-rat https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/ant-antibiotics/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43885-w

01-30
11:55

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