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TWiM discusses a dispute about whether the mycobiome plays a role in the development of cancer, and the structure and function of channels that are delivered to plant cells by pathogenic bacteria.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, and Michael Schmidt.

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Links for this episode

• Cancer microbes disputed (Carl Zimmer)
• Fungal mycobiome and cancer (Nature)
• Revisiting fungal mycobiome and cancer (Nature)
• Bacteria deliver channels to plant cells (Nature)
• Ice nucleation by bacteria (YouTube)
• Gram-negative bacterial porins (Curr Protein Pept Sci)
• Xenopus oocyte toolbox (Cold Spring Harb Protocols)
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