SciShow: How Can E. coli Help Save Humanity?

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Content of the Lesson: Revisionist History, bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast about the misunderstood and overlooked, is back. Binge the entire season on Malcolm Gladwell’s YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/RevisionistHistory_SciShow ) or search for Revisionist History whenever you get podcasts. The name "E. coli" is enough to strike terror into the stomachs of anyone who has experienced food poisoning. But some strains of this bacteria don't actually make you sick, and have turned out to be useful tools for bioengineers. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow #science #education ---------- Sources: https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Dangers-of-E-coli https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1899-e-coli-the-biotech-bacterium https://blog.addgene.org/plasmids-101-e-coli-strains-for-protein-expression https://blog.addgene.org/plasmids-101-common-lab-e-coli-strains https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp75-c3.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-021-00820-0 (2021) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/genetically-modified-e-coli-bacteria-can-now-synthesize-diesel-fuel-38362260/ (2013) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4946582/ (2016) https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/archive-2010-2011/cookingoil.html https://www.britannica.com/technology/biofuel https://asm.org/Press-Releases/2021/September/Engineered-E-Coli-Could-Make-Carbohydrates,-Renewa (2021) https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)30668-7 (2016) Tetracycline https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6190513/ (2018) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9122622/ (2020) Penicillin: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-018-0052-1 (2018) https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/856126 https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12302-021-00505-y (2021) https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/960190 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00843-1 https://www.britannica.com/science/bile https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6523054/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-2-diabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20351193 https://www.brookings.edu/essay/why-are-fossil-fuels-so-hard-to-quit/ https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/ Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Escherichia_coli_electron_microscopy.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E.coli-colony-growth.gif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Escherichia_coli_Gram_Stain.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petroleum_sample.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_diesel_tank.jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/944101 https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/917502 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867422008431#undfig1


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