This Week in Microbiology
The podcast about unseen life on Earth
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TWiM #12: Photothermal nanoblades and genome engineering
Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the use of photothermal ...
Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the use of photothermal nanoblades to dissect the Burkholderia intracellular life cycle, and manipulation of chromosomes in vivo for genome-wide codon replacement in E. coli.
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TWiM #11: Chickens, antibiotics, and asthma
Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended ...
Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in chicken meat and in humans, and a beneficial effect of Helicobacter pylori colonization on the development of allergen-induced asthma.
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TWiM #10: A symbiotic cloaking device
On episode #10 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, ...
On episode #10 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Margaret, Elio, Michael and Dickson discuss the symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the luminous, gram-negative bacterium Vibrio fischeri.
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TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4
Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review the outbreak of bloody diarrhea ...
Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review the outbreak of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in Germany caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4.
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TWiM # 8: Live in NOLA
Vincent, Michael, and Stanley recorded TWiM #8 live at the ...
Vincent, Michael, and Stanley recorded TWiM #8 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, with guests Andreas Baümler, Nicole Dubilier, and Paul Rainey. They spoke about how pathogens benefit from disease, symbioses between...
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TWiM #7: Cycles of life and death, light and dark
Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death ...
Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria.
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TWiM #6: Antibacterial therapy with bacteriophage: Reality or fiction?
Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Elio review the use of bacteriophages ...
Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Elio review the use of bacteriophages to manage infections, and the presence of antibiotic resistance genes in the bacteriophage from urban sewage and river water.
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TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles
Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of ...
Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.
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TWiM #4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis
Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in ...
Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna.
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TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry
Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done ...
Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis.
