TWiM #66: The shape of a container
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss the curious outer membrane vesicles of Neisseria meningitides, and sources of Clostridium difficile infection revealed by genome sequencing.
17 Okt 20131h 8min
TWiM #65: Leanness is transmissible
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 (Sci...
3 Okt 201351min
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 extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli.
18 Sep 20131h 18min
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 of body odor to the axilla microbiome.
4 Sep 20131h 26min
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 protein chainmail in a viral capsid
21 Aug 20131h 19min
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 how probiotic bacteria work by competing for iron i...
7 Aug 201359min
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 to convert waste into bioelectricity and chemicals.
24 Juli 20131h 11min
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.
10 Juli 20131h 24min
