This Week in Microbiology
The podcast about unseen life on Earth
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TWiM #32: Not the shadow biosphere
Rosie Redfield talks about her evidence that a bacterium cannot ...
Rosie Redfield talks about her evidence that a bacterium cannot grow on arsenic instead of phosphorus.
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TWiM 31: Screen door on a submarine
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jo Handelsman, and Michael Schmidt Vincent, Jo, ...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jo Handelsman, and Michael Schmidt Vincent, Jo, and Michael discuss an archetypal protein transport system in bacterial outer membranes, and evidence that gut microbial enterotypes might not fall into...
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TWiM #30: Unraveling melioidosis and insulin resistance
On episode #30 of the podcast, Vincent, Elio, and Michael ...
On episode #30 of the podcast, Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how a toxin from Burkholderia pseudomallei inhibits protein synthesis, and the role of the gut microbiome in modulating insulin resistance in mice lacking an innate immune sensor.
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TWiM #29: Death and an iron-loaded spike
On episode #29 of the podcast, Vincent and Stanley review ...
On episode #29 of the podcast, Vincent and Stanley review how a phage pierces the cell membrane with an iron-loaded spike, and two programmed cell death systems in E. coli.
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TWiM #28: Not unorganized bags of enzymes
Vincent, Michael, and Elio review how competition within a host ...
Vincent, Michael, and Elio review how competition within a host drives virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae, and the expanding universe of the bacterial cytoskeleton.
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TWiM #27: An inflamed gut is good for Salmonella
Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how inflammation allows Salmonella to ...
Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how inflammation allows Salmonella to compete with fermenting gut microbes, and a riboswitch in bacterial and Archeal species that is triggered by fluoride.
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TWiM #26: Suum cuique
Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss the finding of Sutterella species ...
Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss the finding of Sutterella species in the gut of autistic children, and methods for cultivating oral bacteria.
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TWiM #25: Magnetotactic bacteria and totally drug resistant TB
On episode #25 of the podcast, Vincent, Elio, and Michael ...
On episode #25 of the podcast, Vincent, Elio, and Michael review bacteria that use the earth’s magnetic field for navigation, and identification of totally drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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TWiM #24: This year in microbiology
Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review ten compelling microbiology stories from ...
Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review ten compelling microbiology stories from 2011.
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TWiM #23: Fighting antibiotics with toxic gas and starvation
Vincent, Jo, Elio, and Michael explain how a swarming bacterium ...
Vincent, Jo, Elio, and Michael explain how a swarming bacterium helps disperse a non-motile fungus, and bacterial antibiotic tolerance mediated by hydrogen sulfide and starvation responses.