Today Dr. Petra Levin, the George and Irene Freiberg Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss her work with bacterial cell size, environmental stress on bacteria, and antibiotic resistance.
Host: Mark O. Martin
Guest: Petra Levin
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Links for this episode
- An overview of the periplasm, found in Gram negative bacteria.
- An overview of beta-lactam antibiotics.
- The field of quantitative microbiology.
- An overview of B. subtilis.
- An overview of E. coli.
- An overview of Klebsiella.
- The biography of Barbara McClintock, "A Feeling for the Organism."
- A video explanation of the lac operon of E. coli.
- The LTEE program (Long Term Evolution Experiment) founded by Dr. Rich Lenski.
- The nomenclature of monoderm and diderm bacteria.
- A video explanation of peptidoglycan in bacteria.
- Penicillin binding proteins (PBP) and antibiotic resistance.
- A video about cell division in E. coli.
- A famous article coauthored by Dr. Elio Schaechter that describes cell growth and cell size in bacteria.
- A related article by Dr. Levin and colleagues.
- An overview of ESKAPE bacteria.
- An article from Dr. Levin's research group describing the relationship between pH and antibiotic resistance.
- An article about persister cells and their relevance to antibiotic resistance.
- Dr. Levin's faculty website.
- Dr. Levin's very interesting laboratory website.
Intro music is by Reber Clark
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