Issue 1
First
What are bacteria and in what way are they not totally gross?
Issue 5
Of Bile and Spores
Bacteroides are bile-resistant and non-spore-forming. Just like Beyoncé!
Issue 7
Shapes
Bacteria come in a bunch of shapes and sizes. Bacteriodes come in just one.
Issue 8
Friends
Some bacteria get along (with each other, with you, with whatever).
Issue 10
Payin' the Rent
How do microbes pay the rent? With small bills of course! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Issue 11
Just Like Cats
Okay, maybe not completely, totally like cats. But still a little bit like cats.
Issue 12
Too Many Bugs
Can you have too much of a good thing? Oh yeah you can.
Issue 13
Moving Day!
You come into this world cold and alone. But that doesn't last long!
Issue 14
Carbs Carbs and More Carbs
What does the discriminating bacteriodes like to eat?
Issue 24
You Down Wit' ATP
Power you can take to the bank (or some other sort of mixed metaphor).
Issue 27
Starve the Beasts
Do you change your diet or does your diet change you?
Issue 31
Snack Time
When the going gets rough, your intestine is there to lend a helping hand ... or something like that.
Issue 32
Defense Mechanism
When bacteria can't fight for themselves, sometimes they can get your gut to fight for them.
Issue 37
Microbe Killah
Bacteroides conspires with your body’s own cells to kill off invaders.
Issue 39
Toxic Relationships
Antibiotics have done some wonderful things, but they also have unintended consequences.
Issue 42
Alien DNA
Alien DNA isn't really alien DNA. It's just fun to call it alien DNA.
Issue 43
Horizontal Mambo
Bacteria may be asexual, but they can still mix up their DNA.
Issue 44
Like Germs for Germs
Bacteria have their own pests they have to deal with.
Issue 45
Bacterial Pickers
Sometimes bacteria just pick up whatever’s lying on the side of the road.
Issue 50
Werewolves and Superglue
Bacteria have different ways of being sticky.
Issue 53
Skinjection
Even just part of a bacteria is enough to cause problems.
Issue 57
Chemical Clothing
Dodging immune cells is as simple as flipping your DNA.
Issue 58
Creature of the Night
What happens when Bacteriodes runs out of food?
Issue 61
That's the Power of Zinc
Zinc is just one tool B. fragilis uses to mess with your body.
Issue 62
In-toxic-ation
Not all bacteria are toxic ... but they can be corrupted.
Issue 65
Oh Too
Oxygen: A refreshing treat for you; a hellish death for bacteria.
Issue 68
Intra-Abdominal Sepsis
Just one of the fantastic infections b. fragilis can share with you!
Issue 70
Home Destruction
Bacteria will destroy their own home if given a chance.
Issue 71
Naughty Bits
Sometimes bacteria wander into places they don’t belong.
Issue 73
Working Together (to kill you)
It takes more than just one kinda bacteria to cause real damage.
Issue 74
Not In My Blood
Bacteria are everywhere. Which doesn’t mean they should be everywhere.
Issue 77
DEFCON 1
Bacteria in your blood freaks the hell out of your immune system.
Issue 78
Blood is a Highway
Once bacteria are in the blood, there isn’t anywhere they can’t go.
Issue 80
The Funny Thing About Heart Infections
It’s ironic. Y’know, IRON-ic? Like how there’s iron? In the blood?
Issue 82
Brain Trust
In case you ever wondered what is the most important part of the body.
Issue 84
The ‘Burbs
If you can’t cut it downtown, you can still make it in the brain-burbs.
Issue 85
Smells Like ... Infection
Just a whiff of bacteria can cause a full-scale freak out.
Issue 87
This is not a Death Sentence
Meningitis doesn’t have to be fatal, but it’s definitely unpleasant.
Issue 88
Domino Effect
A few bacteria can kick off a cascade of immune reactions.
Issue 89
Swelling and Slaughtering
Turns out they’re not so good for the brain.
Issue 95
The Pain of Crohn’s
Sometimes fatal, Crohn’s Disease is nevertheless always unpleasant.
Issue 97
The Fault in our Bowels
Who’s to blame for Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
Issue 98
How to Help ... and Hurt
You can’t cure it, but you can do things to make Inflammatory Bowel Disease better.
Issue 99
The Two Faces of Bacteria
You can’t live with ‘em, but you can’t live without ‘em.