In this show, I report on four exciting stories: interesting organisms found living in acid, purple bacteria's efficiency in capturing light, a cocaine overdose treatment from bacteria, and comparing E. coli to Linux.Download Sections:IntroCurrent EventStory 1Story 2Story 3Story 4Ending CommentsShow notes:Current Event: News item 1/News item 2/News item 3Story 1: News item/Journal paperStory 2: News item/Journal PaperStory 3: News item/Journal PaperStory 4: News item 1/News item 2/Journal PaperOther interesting stories:**Fear of Earthly microbes contaminating Mars**oil-origin.html">Where oil comes from**common-mars-rock-can-preserve-microfossils-after-all.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news">Fossils on Earth give hints about finding Martian life**How probiotics are used more than they are known to work**Fighting brain cancer with viruses**A company that makes "solar panels" filled with microbes**How soil microbes shouldn't be as bad for global warming as was thought**How gut microbes affect bowel health**A plant virus that now infects vertebrate animals**Probiotics help premature infants**How some marine bacteria can use sunlight too**How gut microbes can affect celiac diseasePost questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter, MicrobeWorld, or SciencePodcasters.orgThis show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.