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BacterioFiles 237 - Proving Protist Predation Parentage
Released: Nov 9, 2015
This episode: Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus, a predatory bacterium that feeds on Chlorella algae, is currently lost from science, but its genome has been sequenced and interpreted anyway, to reveal a surprising family history!
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