About this episode

Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine discuss the nature of biofilms, their various impacts, and strategies to manage harmful ones.

Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine talk about biofilms, and how they can be delicious, adorable, and bad. For the bad ones, we discuss current tactics for overcoming them. Show links: 1. Nature's cutest symbiosis: The Bobtail Squid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ivMSCi-Y2Q 2. The Joyful Microbe's guide to Kombucha:  https://joyfulmicrobe.com/kombucha/ (Notice the lighthearted joy, no fear mongering here!) 3. Beautiful image of a phenazine mutant of Pseudomonas:  https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/883781 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel, Kelly

Guest: Dr. Katrine Whiteson

Topics covered

• biofilms
• microbiology
• symbiosis
• kombucha
• tactics for overcoming bad biofilms

Keywords

• biofilms
• microbiology
• Kombucha
• symbiosis
• Pseudomonas
• tactics
• delicious
• adorable

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nature, Joyful Microbe, EurekaAlert

Products: Kombucha

Places: Bobtail Squid

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