SciShow: 6 Microbes Saving the Environment

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Content of the Lesson: Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Computational Biology course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Ever since humans found out about germs, we’ve gone a bit overboard inventing antibacterial soap and antibiotics and antifungals. But despite our aversion to them, microbes aren’t all bad, and some of them could even help us save the environment! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Sources: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/67196/8/02main.pdf https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/forestsaustralia/profiles/eucalypt-2019 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/07/scientists-sequenced-the-koala-genome-to-save-them/ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fecal-transplants-might-help-make-koalas-less-picky-eaters https://biology.ucdavis.edu/news/koala-poo-chlamydia-and-microbiome-biophysics-graduate-student-katherine-dahlhausen https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00049158.2017.1365402 https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-the-deadliest-disease-in-human-history https://www.audubon.org/news/how-malaria-hurts-birds https://mauiinvasive.org/2016/03/18/no-mosquitoes-in-hawaii/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56766-4 https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/moreira_et_al_2009.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040664/ https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/mosquitoes-armed-bacteria-beat-back-dengue-virus http://www.aquaticnuisance.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Dreissena%20Novel%20Green%20Technology%20for%20Dreissena%20Control%20(4)%20Malloy.pdf https://esemag.com/water/how-to-effectively-control-zebra-mussels/ http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/zebramussels_threaten https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022201113000025 https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/03/15/1438000/0/en/Marrone-Bio-Innovations-Announces-Zequanox-Distribution-Partnership.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18335251 https://e360.yale.edu/features/research_on_microbes_points_to_new_tools_for_conservation https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22422126-treatment-of-amphibians-infected-with-chytrid-fungus-learning-from-failed-trials-with-itraconazole-antimicrobial-peptides-bacteria-and-heat-therapy/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19717627-the-bacterially-produced-metabolite-violacein-is-associated-with-survival-of-amphibians-infected-with-a-lethal-fungus/ http://broncoscholar.library.cpp.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.3/196524/DeLeonMarina_Thesis2017.pdf?sequence=1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4139739/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995764517305436 https://coast.noaa.gov/states/fast-facts/coral-reefs.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-018-0323-6 http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/cruises/biolincs/nitrogen.htm https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/can-great-barrier-reef-survive-climate-change/ https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/08/14/probiotics-help-poplar-trees-clean-up-toxins-in-superfund-sites/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/superfund/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.7b01504 https://www.hyperbiotics.com/blogs/recent-articles/probiotics-vs-pollution-how-bacteria-help-trees-clean-the-environment https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318668310_Enhanced_Degradation_of_TCE_on_a_Superfund_Site_Using_Endophyte-Assisted_Poplar_Tree_Phytoremediation Image Sources: https://tinyurl.com/vmt6glh https://tinyurl.com/vyxn3qq https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolbachia.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malaria.jpg https://tinyurl.com/seqwhbe https://tinyurl.com/vhktj7j https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudomonas_fluorescens.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemidactylium_scutatum.jpg https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/four-toed-salamander https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Janthinobacterium_lividum_on_TY.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_Yellow-Legged_frog.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain-yellow_legged_frog_tadpole_after_release_(43000822602).jpg https://tinyurl.com/rkaqnpb https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bleached_coral,_Acoropora_sp.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hertshoon.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zooxanthellae.jpg https://tinyurl.com/szv4vr3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Superfund_sites.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trikloreten.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enterobacter_cloacae_01.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trichloroethylene-3D-vdW.png


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