Microbes, the little guys.

Matthew Dodds

This podcast explores the world of microbes. One microbe a week goes underneath our gaze as we cover topics such as morphology, physiology, biochemistry and why these little guys are so important!

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Microbes, the little guys.

Episodes (5)

May 30, 2012 005 Microbes, the little guys_Bacillus thuringiensis and its role in agricultural biotechnology
May 13, 2012 004 Microbes, the little guys_Henrietta Lacks and the origins of the HeLa cell line
May 8, 2012 003 Microbes, the little guys_Corrigendum, the word Prokaryote_has its used by date passed?

Microbes, the little guys.

May 30, 2012
8¼ minutes
8 MB

With the Earth's population continuing to increase there is an increasing demand for food. But how can food production become more efficient? One answer to that question is transgenic crops. Transgenic crops are crops that contain DNA from two different organisms. Usually the genome of the target organism is supplemented with a gene or multiple genes from another organism. One transgenic crop that has been developed to reduce crop losses due the pest such as the European Corn Borer and the Cotton Bollworm is Bt crops. Bt crops such as Bt Corn and Bt Cotton, contain the cry gene/s f...

Microbes, the little guys.

005 Microbes, the little guys_Bacillus thuringiensis and its role in agricultural biotechnology

Matthew Dodds

00:00 -08:17