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Beef and bacillus

Episode 243

TWiM continues its food arc with an examination of the effect of peroxyacetic acid spray on the microbiome and sensory properties of beef, and explor…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Sourdough Starter Microbiomes

Episode 242

TWiM reveals the microbiome of sourdough starter cultures, and discovery of a novel family of prokaryotic nanocompartments involved in the metabolism…

4 years, 10 months ago

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What Does Flu Do to Your Poo?

Episode 241

TWiM explains how Vibrio biofilms are dispersed by polyamine signals, and the induction of inappetence by respiratory virus infection which causes al…

4 years, 11 months ago

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Aspirin, colorectal cancer, and Fusobacterium

Episode 240

TWiM reviews aspirin modulation of Fusobacterium nucleatum, a microbe that has been associated with colorectal cancer, and Elio tells us 'What are va…

4 years, 11 months ago

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The Phoenix of Bacteria

Episode 239

The TWiM team reviews how variants of P. aeruginosa survive antimicrobial treatment, and a decrease in the antimicrobial resistance of the gut microb…

5 years ago

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Parkinson's disease gut microbiome

Episode 238

Elio reveals his thoughts on the big themes of modern microbiology, followed by an analysis of the gut microbiome in patients with Parkinson's diseas…

5 years ago

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Ten years of TWiM, a quality quorum

Episode 237

To celebrate ten years, TWiM asks former hosts and guests to provide their thoughts on how microbiology has contributed to our understanding of the m…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Gossamer wings and symbionts on the sea bottom

Episode 236

In this episode, hiring and training expectations for future biomedical life sciences faculty, and the roles of bacterial symbionts in deep-sea hydro…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Green algae and fatty acids

Episode 235

In this episode, how DNA of giant viruses has contributed extensively to the genome of green algae, and inhibition of E. coli virulence by a metaboli…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Corkscrewing through snot

Episode 234

The TWiM team reviews Salmonella colonization of three-dimensional miniature intestinal organs, and identification of a circadian clock in a non-phot…

5 years, 2 months ago

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