TWiM #25: Magnetotactic bacteria and totally drug resistant TB
On episode #25 of the podcast, Vincent, Elio, and Michael review bacteria that use the earth’s magnetic field for navigation, and identification of totally drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
25 Jan 20121h 16min
TWiM #24: This year in microbiology
Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review ten compelling microbiology stories from 2011.
11 Jan 20121h 19min
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 hydrogen sulfide and starvation responses.
28 Dec 20111h 16min
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 encountered in the emergency room.
14 Dec 20111h 38min
TWiM #21: Symbiotic margheritas
Vincent and Elio discuss ancient symbiosis between Alphaproteobacteria and catenulid flatworms, and a toxin from Helicobacter pylori that engages the mitochondrial fission machinery to induce host cel...
30 Nov 20111h 8min
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 Haiti, then discuss genes that confer self-identity ...
16 Nov 20111h 7min
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 enterotypes.
2 Nov 201159min
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 invasive organism, and the unearthing of century-ol...
19 Okt 20111h 14min
