Episode Details

TWiM discusses outbreak of Legionnaires disease in Harlem NY, an automated whole genome sequencing platform for bacterial strain typing in clinical microbiology laboratories, building E. coli with a 57-codon genetic code.

Links for this episode

• Legionnaires' disease outbreak in NY (NY Health)
• Automated whole genome sequencing for clinical labs (J Clin Micro)
• Sequencing workflow for outbreaks (J Clin Micro)
• Rewriting code of life (NYTimes)
• E. coli with a 57-codon genetic code (Science)
• E. coli with one stop codon (TWiM 330)

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