Matters Microbial is a podcast about the wonders of microbiology, microbiologists, and microbial centrism with Dr. Mark Martin
Matters Microbial
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Matters Microbial is a podcast about the wonders of microbiology, microbiologists, and microbial centrism with Dr. Mark Martin
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July 14, 2026
Matters Microbial #134: Could Alien Life Use Different Chemistry?
<header class="entry-header clearfix"> <h1 class="entry-title">Matters Microbial #134: Could Alien Life Use Different Chemistry?</h1> <span class="mini-title">July 14, 2026</span></header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>Today Dr. Morgan Sobol, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State University, joins the Quality Quorum today to discuss how microbes on early earth began interacting with elements like nitrogen, making life possible here and perhaps elsewhere in the universe! You will learn about the fundamental and amazing enzyme nitrogenase!</strong></p> <p>Host: <a href= "https://www.pugetsound.edu/directory/mark-martin"><strong>Mark O. Martin</strong></a></p> <p>Guest<strong><a title="" href= "https://toryhendry.weebly.com/">: </a></strong><a title="" href="https://sobollab.wp.txstate.edu/"><strong>Morgan Sobol</strong></a></p> <p>Download <strong><a title="" href= "https://traffic.libsyn.com/3492a3b8-a362-4761-811b-3b12664a3d82/MM133.mp3">MM134</a></strong> (37 MB MP3, 62 mins)</p> <p>Subscribe: <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matters-microbial/id1701545625">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/22BQtkxh56Dy7xRW7yAYvC?si=4c093f07fdaa4e27">Spotify</a></strong></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of Matters Microbial!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>The website for <a href= "https://asm.org/events/asm-microbe/home">ASM Microbe</a>, the annual meeting of microbiologists.</li> <li>The <a href="https://www.microbe.tv/mm/mm-133/">"live" #MattersMicrobial session</a> recorded at ASM Microbe, with Dr. Hannah Reich.</li> <li>An <a href= "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4267716/">essential article</a> about "A World Without Microbes."</li> <li>A <a href= "https://youtu.be/80tPR5HH9Zo?si=bS91VuifbArnOFwD">video version</a> of "A World Without Microbes."</li> <li>An <a href= "https://isme-microbes.org/about/about-microbial-ecology/">introduction</a> to microbial ecology.</li> <li>An overview of the enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide into organic matter, <a href= "https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/11">Rubisco</a>.</li> <li>An overview of the enzyme that converts practically inert dinitrogen gas into bioavailable ammonia, <a href= "https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/26">nitrogenase</a>.</li> <li>A short essay on <a href= "https://ecap.lbl.gov/research/metalloenzymes">metalloenzymes</a>, including nitrogenase.</li> <li>An <a href= "https://www.jic.ac.uk/research-impact/nitrogen-fixation/">overview</a> of nitrogen fixing microbes, and the strategies they use.</li> <li>A <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02193-z">review editorial</a> describing the burgeoning field of astrobiology.</li> <li>A <a href="https://museastrobiology.org/">link</a> to a NASA program exploring early evolution of microbial life.</li> <li>An article on the microbially caused <a href= "https://asm.org/articles/2022/february/the-great-oxidation-event-how-cyanobacteria-change">Great Oxidation Event</a> that changed our atmosphere eons ago, making life like forms like ours possible. </li> <li>An <a href= "https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(23)00091-4">article</a> exploring the evolution of microbial nitrogen fixation.</li> <li>An <a href= "https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024absc.conf00951S/abstract">abstract</a> by Dr. Sobol and colleagues, discussing the evolution of nitrogen fixation in an ancient ecological context. </li> <li>A lovely article about the <a href= "https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/thermophilic-communities.htm">microbiology of Yellowstone National Park</a>.</li> <li>Dr. Sobol's <a href= "https://www.bio.txst.edu/faculty-staff/morgan-sobol.html">faculty website</a>.</li> <li>Dr. Sobol's interesting <a href= "https://sobollab.wp.txstate.edu/">research group website</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Intro music is by Reber Clark</p> <p>Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com</p> </div>
June 30, 2026
Matters Microbial #133: The Microbial Partnerships That Help Corals Survive
<header class="entry-header clearfix"> <h1 class="entry-title">Matters Microbial #133: The Microbial Partnerships That Help Corals Survive</h1> <span class="mini-title">June 29, 2026</span></header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>Dr. Hannah Reich of the Department of Environmental Biology at the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how microalgal interactions (including with bacteria) are fundamental contributors to large scale ecosystem processes including the ocean carbon pump, the duration of algal blooms, and the evolutionary success of coral reefs.</strong></p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper"> </div> <p>Host: <a href= "https://www.pugetsound.edu/directory/mark-martin"><strong>Mark O. Martin</strong></a></p> <p>Guest<strong><a title="" href= "https://toryhendry.weebly.com/">: </a></strong><a title="" href="https://phycosymbiosis.weebly.com/"><strong>Hannah Reich</strong></a></p> <p>Subscribe: <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matters-microbial/id1701545625">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/22BQtkxh56Dy7xRW7yAYvC?si=4c093f07fdaa4e27">Spotify</a></strong></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of Matters Microbial!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>An essay on the <a href= "https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/SS733">coral holobiont.</a></li> <li>A discussion of the <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/nmicrobiol201765">phycosphere</a>.</li> <li>A discussion of the <a href= "https://www.the-microbiologist.com/features/under-the-microscope-the-rhizosphere/1579.article">rhizosphere</a>.</li> <li>A <a href= "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12096840/">review</a> of the roles of iron in microbial biology.</li> <li>An <a href= "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12943173/">overview</a> of siderophores in the microbial world.</li> <li>An <a href= "https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/iron-deficiency-corals">article</a> about iron, the warming oceans, and coral. </li> <li>A VERY recent <a href= "https://academic.oup.com/femsle/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/femsle/fnag069/8706381?redirectedFrom=fulltext">article</a> by Dr. Reich and colleagues regarding siderophores in the coral holobiont.</li> <li>A very nice short <a href= "https://youtu.be/hUR9C--bMEY?si=OsZYeHWDhRfVHmLx">video</a> by Dr. Reich explaining her work at ESF. </li> <li>Dr. Reich's <a href= "https://www.esf.edu/faculty/reich/index.php">faculty website</a>.</li> <li>Dr. Reich's fascinating <a href= "https://phycosymbiosis.weebly.com/">laboratory group website</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Intro music is by Reber Clark</p> <p>Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com</p> </div>
June 17, 2026
Matters Microbial #132: What 83,000 Generations of Bacteria Reveal About Evolution
<header class="entry-header clearfix"> <h1 class="entry-title">Matters Microbial #132: What 83,000 Generations of Bacteria Reveal About Evolution</h1> <span class="mini-title">June 17, 2026</span></header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><strong>Today Dr. Jeffrey Barrick, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology and the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University, joins the quality quorum today to discuss how microbes can be used to study evolution itself. He will also discuss the impressive and ongoing LTEE program, the experiments that originate from it, and what they tell us about evolution.</strong></p> <p>Host: <a href= "https://www.pugetsound.edu/directory/mark-martin"><strong>Mark O. Martin</strong></a></p> <p>Guest<strong><a title="" href= "https://toryhendry.weebly.com/">: </a></strong><a title="" href="https://barricklab.org/twiki/bin/view/Lab"><strong>Jeffrey Barrick</strong></a></p> <p>Subscribe: <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matters-microbial/id1701545625">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/22BQtkxh56Dy7xRW7yAYvC?si=4c093f07fdaa4e27">Spotify</a></strong></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of Matters Microbial!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Here is a <a href= "https://mcb.illinois.edu/news/2013-11-13/memoriam-abigail-salyers">link</a> to an article about the late great Abigail Salyers.</li> <li><a href= "https://microbesrule.blogspot.com/2013/12/another-sad-passing-of-microbial-hero.html"> Here</a> is what I wrote about Dr. Salyers. I learned so much from her.</li> <li> An <a href= "https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbm/article/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1977.0004/88317/Theodosius-Grigorievich-Dobzhansky-25-January-1900">article</a> about the contributions of Dr. Theodosius Dobzhansky to the study of evolution.</li> <li>The <a href= "https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aam5979">concept</a> of contingency during evolution.</li> <li>An <a href= "https://asm.org/reports/microbial-evolution">overview</a> of microbial evolution.</li> <li>A link to "<a href= "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1128/9781555818470">Microbes and Evolution</a>," a book discussed during this podcast.</li> <li>A link to "<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Primer-Experimental-Evolution-Michael-Rose/dp/9819825970">A Primer for Experimental Evolution</a>," a book discussed during this podcast.</li> <li>The <a href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v17i2.981">concept</a> of Growth Advantage in Stationary Phase (GASP).</li> <li>A <a href= "https://youtu.be/plVk4NVIUh8?si=3kuHaGRhM8FwN50D">video</a> about the MEGA plate experiment by Dr. Michael Baym and colleagues. This is a "must watch."</li> <li>An <a href= "https://youtu.be/PQr8ldEeO04?si=Qnc8lrbZyUharbPr">video</a> about Dr. Richard Lenski, originator of the LTEE.</li> <li>Dr. Lenski's <a href= "https://telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/">website</a>. </li> <li>The LTEE (long term evolutionary experiment) <a href= "https://the-ltee.org/">website</a>. There is so much here to explore.</li> <li>An excellent <a href= "https://the-ltee.org/about/">introduction</a> to the LTEE.</li> <li>An <a href= "https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0803151105">article</a> about the amazing " climbing citrate mountain" innovation during LTEE described in the podcast.</li> <li>A <a href= "https://youtu.be/LpZPdn-kitQ?si=nyQIYgOAwzJhwjoJ">video</a> by Dr. Lenski about LTEE.</li> <li>A <a href= "https://youtu.be/g2tlvYAq3VE?si=2VHqj97lWAJRE7lP">video</a> by Dr. Barrick that is worth your time.</li> <li>Dr. Barrick's <a href= "https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/jeffrey-e-barrick">faculty website</a> at Michigan State University.</li> <li>Dr. Barrick's <a title="" href= "https://barricklab.org/twiki/bin/view/Lab">research laboratory</a> website.</li> </ul> <p>Intro music is by Reber Clark</p> <p>Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com</p> </div>
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