Bacteria vs the Sun, and your life hangs in the balance. More today on this episode of SSB. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg https://www.jidonline.org/article/S0022-202X(25)00405-1/fulltext

Wait, so now you're telling me that bacteria and fungi can listen to me? Sort of...we'll talk about that and more on today's episode. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0295 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/1/63 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfs.12856

Dr. K makes his triumphant return to discuss bats, viruses, and the power of flight. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00268-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03128-0

Could bacteria help organisms survive the cold? More on today's episode of SSB. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk9117

If you can understand this episode, thank your microbiome. :) https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.001322 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2014.0063#d3e1303 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC539636/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3973910/pdf/fnana-08-00015.pdf Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4...

New styles of movement for bacteria? Such fascinating! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202407832 Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

Merry Christmas from us over here at Short Stories of Bacteria! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452231719300090#s0055 Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

We know the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, but how did it even get there? All this and more in today's episode. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03224-5 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7356350/ Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

Could we use bacteria to track people's movement? We'll talk about this and more on today's episode. https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/16/11/evae209/7814710 Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

Another aquatic bacteria? Thank you so much! This one is named Chonkus and has big implications for industry! https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.00841-24 Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

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.be https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241017173150.htm dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adp0614 Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

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.ado8588 Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

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/full Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg

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. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg 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%2FS266...

In a world full of pathogenic fungus, this frog is defying the odds to ward off extinction. Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg https://www.amphibianark.org/the-crisis/chytrid-fungus/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07582-y

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 Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-023-01502-8 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.14190

Bacteria as it turns out are pretty good at manipulating brains. We'll see a dramatic example of that in today's episode! Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6469458/ https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/18/1/wrae078/7683888

Is there a relationship between our microbiome and cancer therapy? All this and more on today's episode! Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg 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%3Fs...

Scientists are using dogs and rats to help fight disease! Learn out how in this episode! Music by Muzaproduction from Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg 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

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 Pixabay https://www.instagram.com/sciencewithdr_k/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EttB4pjdZ4WrU3-z4RqPg https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01705-x https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00612-5/abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278648/ https://www.nat...