large.jpg">In this show, I report on five exciting stories: a bacterial electric grid, engineering biofilms, beewolves that use antibiotics, tiny bacterial magnets, and microbial life's potential on Mars.

Download Sections:IntroStory 1Story 2Story 3Story 4Story 5Ending CommentsShow notes:Story 1: scientist.com/blog/display/57173/">News item 1/the-real-avatar-ocean-bacteria-act-as-superorganism.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news">News item 2/Journal paperStory 2: Journal paperStory 3: News item/Journal paperStory 4: News item/Journal paperStory 5: News item/Pre-Journal paperOther interesting stories:**A marine species’ genome shows that it is missing many genes but it can fix a lot of nitrogen **A company, Osprey Biotechnics, is doing many cool things with bacteria **A survey of intestinal microbes suggests the more the better**Extremophiles in Yellowstone**Nanofactories monitor bacterial communication**Engineering bacteria to produce bee silk**Getting corn to work with bacteria to fix its own nitrogen**As microscopes watch bacteria, a new micro-ear could listen to them**Using soil fungi to compost waste plastics**Traces of microbes found to have colonized meteor crater**Using bacteria to prevent food spoilage**How an ocean organism turns carbon dioxide into sugar**Intestinal microbes influence obesity**Organism switches between amoeba-like and swimming cellPost questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!Subscribe at iTunesThis show features music from Mevio's podsafe Music Alley.