Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michelle discuss the use of bacteria to build a genetic sensor for heavy metals, and how host sugars help enteric pathogens to expand after antibiotic treatment.
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Links for this episode:
- Sensing array of radically coupled biopixels (Nature)
- Synchronized genetic clocks (YouTube)
- Synchronization of 32 metronomes (YouTube)
- Quorum sensing – Bonnie Bassler (YouTube)
- Host sugars help antibiotic-mediated expansion of enteric pathogens (Nature)
- Finding a sugary foothold (Cell Host Micr)
- Letters read on TWiM 76
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