Blame it on Bacterio

Published: Nov. 14, 2011, 8 a.m.

b'Think small! Microbes are tinier than the dot at the end of this sentence, yet they can make humans sicker than dogs, dogs sicker than humans, jump from animal to human and keep scientists guessing when and where the next disease will appear.\\nDiscover how doctors diagnosed one man\\u2019s mysterious infection, the role that animals play as hosts for disease, and why the rate of emerging diseases is increasing worldwide.\\nAlso, why your kitchen is a biosafety hazard, and how the Human Microbiome Project will tally all the microbes on \\u2013 and in - you.\\nPlus, the extreme places on Earth where microbes thrive and what it suggests for the existence of alien life. And, how one strain of bacteria helped a farmer grow a pumpkin the weight of a small car!\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nPeter Hudson - Biologist, Director of Life Sciences at Penn State University\\n\\n\\nPeter Krause - Senior research scientist at the Yale School of Public Health\\n\\n\\nDurland Fish - Epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health. Information on his Lyme disease app\\n\\n\\n\\nDavid Relman - Stanford University microbiologist and infectious disease clinician\\n\\n\\nErich Fleming - Biologist, SETI Institute\\n\\n\\nO. Peter Snyder - Hospitality Institute of Technology and Management\\n\\n\\nJohn Raeside - Oakland, California\\n\\n\\nFrances Raeside - Oakland, California\\n\\n\\nJennifer Kate Arnold - Infectious Disease Clinic, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group\\n\\n\\nDave Stelts - Farmer, head of the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth\\n\\n\\nNeil Anderson - Owner, president of Reforestation Technologies International. Find retail products.\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'