169: Breatharian Bacteria
The cast of TWiM reveals how uropathogenic E. coli use a copper-binding protein to treat copper as a nutrient or a toxin, and Antarctic soil bacteria that survive on trace atmospheric gases. Hosts: V...
23 Jan 20181h 2min
TWiM #168: The lesser of two weevils
Dickson joins the TWiM team to discuss the nasal microbiota of dairy farmers, and attenuation of bacterial virulence by quorum sensing in the maize weevil. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt,...
5 Jan 20181h 16min
TWiM #167: I have one word for you: Flink
How pandemic influenza viruses suppress immunogenic cell death, and 3D printing of bacteria into functional materials.
22 Dec 201752min
TWiM #166: Dark fermentation
Vincent and Elio discuss the reason for poor efficacy of one of the influenza virus vaccines, and using a hyperthermophilic anaerobe to produce hydrogen from fruit and vegetable wastes in seawater. Ho...
7 Dec 201751min
TWiM #165: Pumping Copper
The TWiM team discusses the use of copper on exercise weights to reduce bacterial burden, and the mechanism of antigenic variation by which a fungus that causes severe pneumonia escapes the immune sys...
30 Nov 20171h 3min
TWiM #164: Indiana Quorum
From Indiana University, Vincent speaks with Ankur, Julia, and Xindan about their careers and their work on horizontal gene transfer, quorum sensing, and chromosome organization in bacteria. Guests: A...
16 Nov 201759min
TWiM #163: Saliva and sptR/S
This episode is all about saliva: how certain bacteria survive in it, and how swallowing saliva might cause intestinal inflammation. Links for this episode: Genes for the Streptococcus pyogenes fitne...
2 Nov 20171h 6min
TWiM #162: Intracellular bacteria with flagella
The TWiM hosts and associated microbiomes review a fungus destroying salamanders in Europe, and genes for flagella in intracellular bacteria. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swans...
13 Okt 201752min
