This episode: Beneficial microbes defend roundworms against a pathogen and pressure it to evolve to cause less disease! Download Episode (7.7 MB, 8.4 minutes) Show notes: News item Journal Paper: Ford SA, Kao D, Williams D, King KC. 2016. Microbe-mediated host defence drives the evolution of reduced pathogen virulence. Nat Commun 7:13430. Other interesting stories: Fungus eats dead insects and keeps bacterial competitors away (paper) Soil microbes are better for green roof soils than chemical fertilizers Soil microbes make tuberculosis-treating chemicals Parkinson's and treatments can have detectable effects on microbiome Aspergillus fungi have a lot of potential uses Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Google Play. Support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook
