Podcast Episodes

TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles

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Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.

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Published on 14 years, 6 months ago

TWiM #4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis

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Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna.

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Published on 14 years, 7 months ago

TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry

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Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis.

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Published on 14 years, 7 months ago

TWiM #2: The plague, microbial virulence and the gut microbiome

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Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria control body weight and metabolic activity.

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Published on 14 years, 7 months ago

TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up

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On episode #1 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael, and Stan discuss transfer of DNA from a human host to a bacterial pathogen, and the ability of dry copper to kill b…

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Published on 14 years, 8 months ago