Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson.
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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Links for this episode:
- Intergenera gene exchange among haloarchaea (PNAS)
- Fungi on residential surfaces (PLoS One)
- Letters read on TWiM 068
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