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474: Stalker Cells Stop Seafood Sickness
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English - January 23, 2023 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.79 MB - ★★★★ - 20 ratingsLife Sciences Science Natural Sciences archaea bacteria bacteriofiles biology eukaryotes microbes microbiology science viruses Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode: Predatory bacteria could protect lobster farms from disease-causing bacteria!
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Microbe of the episode: Gordonia rubripertincta
Here, predatory bacteria take the place of antibiotics in a study on farmed spiny lobsters. These predators swim after and attach to prey bacteria, hollowing out their contents to use as nutrients to make more predators. They do not hurt the lobsters, but the study finds they do reduce the number of pathogenic prey organisms injected into the lobsters at the same time. Journal Paper:
Ooi MC, Goulden EF, Smith GG, Bridle ARY 2021. 2021. Predatory bacteria in the haemolymph of the cultured spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus. Microbiology 167:001113.
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