This Week in Microbiology
The podcast about unseen life on Earth
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TWiM #72: The benefits of virulence
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele review how microbial virulence can ...
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele review how microbial virulence can be increased as a consequence of community surveillance and adaptation to macrophages.
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TWiM #71: Colon cancer’s little shop of horrors
Vincent, Michael, and Michele explain how the gut microbiome modulates ...
Vincent, Michael, and Michele explain how the gut microbiome modulates colon tumorigenesis, and regulation of intestinal macrophage function by the microbial metabolite butyrate.
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TWiM #70: A paroxysmal cough
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss evidence that the acellular ...
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss evidence that the acellular pertussis vaccine fails to prevent infection and transmission in nonhuman primates, and the use of bacterial cytological profiling to identify pathways targeted by antibiotics.
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TWiM #69: Bacterial DNA in the human genome
Vincent, Elio, Jo, and Michele review evidence for bacterial DNA ...
Vincent, Elio, Jo, and Michele review evidence for bacterial DNA integrated into the human genome, and control of the symbiont population in an insect midgut.
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TWiM #68: The fungus among us
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss the amazingly high level ...
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss the amazingly high level of intergenera gene exchange among haloarchaea in an Antarctic lake, and the diversity of fungi on residential surfaces and the human forehead.
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TWiM #67: Black mushrooms and RNA thermosensors
Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss how temperature triggers Neisseria menigitidis ...
Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss how temperature triggers Neisseria menigitidis immune evasion, and protection of mice from ionizing radiation by feeding them black mushrooms.
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TWiM #66: The shape of a container
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss the curious outer membrane ...
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss the curious outer membrane vesicles of Neisseria meningitides, and sources of Clostridium difficile infection revealed by genome sequencing.
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TWiM #65: Leanness is transmissible
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Michelle Swanson. Vincent and Michelle reveal ...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Michelle Swanson. Vincent and Michelle reveal how the human gut microbiota can modulate obesity in mice. Links for this episode: Gut microbiota modulate metabolism (Science) Fighting...
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TWiM #64: URI and UTI at ICAAC in Denver
Vincent and Michael recorded this episode at the 53rd ICAAC ...
Vincent and Michael recorded this episode at the 53rd ICAAC in Denver, where they spoke with James Gern and James Johnson about rhinoviruses and extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli.
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TWiM #63: Superantigens, S. aureus, and the armpit microbiome
Vincent, Michael, and Michelle discuss how a Staphylococcus aureus superantigen ...
Vincent, Michael, and Michelle discuss how a Staphylococcus aureus superantigen is critical for pathogenesis in a rabbit model, and the relationship of body odor to the axilla microbiome.
