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August 16th - 31st, 2004 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Mon., 8/16 Roots of Chocolate: Chocolate is developed in wooden crates by microbes and local farmers in places like Venezuela, Ghana, and Madagascar.
Tues., 8/17 Microbial Accountability: In exchange for making nitrogen available to plants, bacteria called Rhizobia live in soybean roots and get food and oxygen.
Weds., 8/18 Lice Genes and Microbial Diseases: Head lice plague school children throughout the United States, and in developing countries, body lice can carry typhus and other microbial diseases.
Thurs., 8/19 Microbes and Gas Pipelines: For both environmental and security reasons, maintaining the integrity of pipelines is a top priority.
Fri., 8/20 On the Microbe Trail in Costa Rica: Instead of searching for the big and beautiful, these researchers are on a quest for the tiniest inhabitants of Costa Rica.
Mon., 8/23 Krill Killer: Krill are small, pink, shrimp-like crustaceans that swim in swarms and are a staple food for many marine animals, which make krill a major link in the ocean's food chain.
Tues., 8/24 No Sex Please: Most living creatures reproduce sexually. Some manage to reproduce without sex, making scientists wonder why sex exists at all and has led them to study some animals that seem to have multiplied for many millennia with the no-sex approach.
Weds., 8/25 Fungi-resistant Seaweed: Marine plants are constantly assaulted by harmful microbes, but they still thrive. Researchers have discovered one of seaweed's secrets: a potents fungi-fighting chemical that someday may help protect humans.
Thurs., 8/26 Cyanobacterial Blooms: Most cyanobacteria are harmless, but some produce microcystin, a liver-damaging toxin.
Fri., 8/27 Daycare and Antibiotics: Antibiotic overuse fosters resistant bacteria.
Mon., 8/30 Finding Microbes in Human Tissue: Vast populations of harmless, helpful, and hurtful microbes can make themselves at home in the human body.
Tues., 8/31 Lichens: When fungus and an alga take a liking to each other, you get lichen, one of nature's odd couples.
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