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TWiM #64: URI and UTI at ICAAC in Denver
Vincent and Michael recorded this episode at the 53rd ICAAC in Denver, where they spoke with James Gern and James Johnson about rhinoviruses and extr…
12 years, 6 months ago
TWiM #63: Superantigens, S. aureus, and the armpit microbiome
Vincent, Michael, and Michelle discuss how a Staphylococcus aureus superantigen is critical for pathogenesis in a rabbit model, and the relationship …
12 years, 7 months ago
TWiM #62: Breaking bad and protein chain mail
Vincent and Michael discuss how infection with influenza A virus disperses Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms leading to disease, and an amazing prote…
12 years, 7 months ago
TWiM #61: The irony of probiotics
Vincent, Elio, and Michele review how horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to an insect genome enables a tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis, and …
12 years, 8 months ago
TWiM #60: Microbial electrochemistry and diversity-generating retroelements
Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss how an error-prone reverse transcriptase produces enormous diversity in a Legionella protein, and using microbes t…
12 years, 8 months ago
TWiM #59: Are viruses part of our immune system?
Vincent and Michael discuss the finding that bacteriophage might be part of the mucosal antimicrobial defense system.
12 years, 9 months ago
TWiM #58: The brain microbiome?
Vincent, Elio and Michael review how underground mycelial networks carry signals that warn neighboring plants of aphid attack, and the presence of ba…
12 years, 9 months ago
TWiM #57: Updating the human gut microbiome to degrade seaweed
Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss fungi that use pheromones to trap nematodes, and how genes obtained from marine bacteria help gut bacteria degrade …
12 years, 10 months ago
TWiM #56: Live at ASM in Denver
Vincent, Elio and Michael recorded this episode before an audience at the 2013 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Denver, Co…
12 years, 10 months ago
TWiM #55: In the copper room
Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss the finding that copper surfaces reduce microbial burden and hospital-acquired infections in the intensive care uni…
12 years, 11 months ago