Biofilms (featuring Dr. Katrine Whiteson)
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Daniel, Kelly, and Katrine talk about biofilms, and how they can be delicious, adorable, and bad. For the bad ones, we discuss current tactics for overcoming them.
Show links:
1. Nature's cutest symbiosis: The Bobtail Squid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ivMSCi-Y2Q
2. The Joyful Microbe's guide to Kombucha: https://joyfulmicrobe.com/kombucha/(Notice the lighthearted joy, no fear mongering here!)
3. Beautiful image of a phenazine mutant of Pseudomonas: https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/883781
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| 0:07.9 | Just stories. |
| 0:09.6 | Spoken without fear. |
| 0:11.4 | A person who is not generous can not be an artist. |
| 0:14.2 | The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. |
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| 0:28.0 | Come for the honesty. |
| 0:29.7 | Stay for the fire. |
| 0:47.0 | Good. Great News Extraordinaries, Dr. Katrina Whiteson is back. This time she's here to talk to us about biofilms. We're going to talk about biofilms that are delicious, which she shares with the rest of her |
| 0:52.7 | neighborhood. We're going to talk about biofilms that are adorable and you can find in the ocean. |
| 0:57.8 | And we're going to talk about biofilms that are incredibly dangerous. |
| 1:01.2 | And we're going to talk about how Katrina is using phages to do battle with these dangerous |
| 1:05.8 | biofilms. |
| 1:06.9 | And if you're dealing with an incredibly dangerous biofilm, obviously Katrina is someone that you want to have in your corner. |
| 1:13.6 | Welcome to Daniel and Kelly's Microbial Universe. |
| 1:32.7 | Hi, I'm Daniel. I study particles and aliens. |
| 1:36.2 | Hello, I'm Kelly Wienersmith. |
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