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BacterioFiles 221 - Co-culture Close Contact, Cats, and Cockerels
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:13:55
Publish Date: 2015-07-13 05:00:00
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This episode: More distantly related bacteria can help each other grow (and produce lots of hydrogen) by temporarily fusing with each other!

Download Episode (12.7 MB, 13.9 minutes)Show notes:News item/Journal Paper/Close contact image

Note: I said C. acetobutylicum was used in WWII to make acetone for bombs, but it was actually World War I, used to make cordite, a replacement for gunpowder.

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