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TWiM #24: This year in microbiology
Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review ten compelling microbiology stories from 2011.
14 years, 3 months ago
TWiM #23: Fighting antibiotics with toxic gas and starvation
Vincent, Jo, Elio, and Michael explain how a swarming bacterium helps disperse a non-motile fungus, and bacterial antibiotic tolerance mediated by h…
14 years, 3 months ago
TWiM #22: Microbiology 911
Vincent and Michael speak with Alfred Sacchetti, MD, Chief of Emergency Services at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, about microbial infections en…
14 years, 3 months ago
TWiM #21: Symbiotic margheritas
Vincent and Elio discuss ancient symbiosis between Alphaproteobacteria and catenulid flatworms, and a toxin from Helicobacter pylori that engages the…
14 years, 4 months ago
TWiM #20: Facebook for bacteria
On episode #20 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, and Elio follow up on the outbreaks of E. coli in Germany and cholera in H…
14 years, 4 months ago
TWiM #19: Your microbiome is what you eat
Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Jo discuss the genome sequence of Y. pestis from victims of the Black Death, and the effect of diet on gut microbial ente…
14 years, 5 months ago
TWiM #18: Escherichia coli K-12, an emerging pathogen?
Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Stanley explain how to make the human intestinal commensal and benign laboratory bacterium Escherichia coli K-12 into an …
14 years, 5 months ago
TWiM #17: Debugging endosymbiosis
Vincent, Michael, and Elio focus on endosymbiosis: the rapid spread of Ricekttsia in whitefiles, and a metabolic patchwork in nested symbionts of mea…
14 years, 6 months ago
TWiM #16: ICAAC Live
On episode #16 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, Arturo, Stuart, and David converse about antimicrobial resistance and why …
14 years, 6 months ago
TWiM #15: Microbial long distance relationships
On episode #15 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael and Jo review the number of species on Earth, evidence that the 2010 Haitia…
14 years, 7 months ago