Bacteria

The Home Microbiome Study tries to understand how the communities of microbes living in and on us colonise our rooms and buildings. Jack Gilbert of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National… Audio

We try to solve a great culinary mystery involving a stir fry, a cat and some chicken leftovers!With food technologist Torben Sorensen of Sorensen Laboratories. Audio

Wine maker Kirsten Creasy explains how new, rapid DNA tests are helping New Zealand vineyards to improve their products Audio

The Smart Seeds programme at Lincoln University has been screening brassica seeds for potential microbial biocontrol agents against black rot and diamondback moths Audio

Bacteria are being used as factories to produce tiny biobeads to mimic diseases in the body for vaccines Audio

A new approach to testing for Legionnaires' disease in Canterbury has resulted in a fourfold increase in confirmed cases Audio