TWiM 18: Escherichia coli K-12, an emerging pathogen?

October 19, 2011

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael SchmidtStanley Maloy and Elio Schaechter

On episode #18 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, 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-old spores in New York City.

Download TWiM #18 (54 MB, .mp3, 74 minutes).

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