TWiM 273: The value of wiping

TWiM reveals how to inactivate norovirus on formica surfaces, and how to achieve antibiotic resistance by suppression of a frameshift mutation in an essential gene.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin

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TWiM 272: Metabolism’s got rhythm

TWiM explores the activation of  natural product synthesis using CRISPR interference in Streptomyces, and how light/dark and temperature cycling modulate electron flow in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin

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TWiM 271: Microbe vs microbe

TWiM presents a novel mucosal COVID-19 vaccine based on a bacteriophage capsid, and potentiation of C. difficile infection severity by the gut bacterial community.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson

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TWiM 270: Magnets and salt improve plastics production by Archaea

TWiM explores the use of Archaea to produce plastics from molasses wastewater, and a bacterial defense against bacteriophage infection that involves depletion of deoxynucleotides.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson

Right click to download TWiM #270 (38 MB .mp3, 52 minutes)

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TWiM 269: Bacterial but not microbial

TWiM reviews discovery of a bacterium that is visible to the naked eye, and reversible resistance to bacteriophage by shedding of the bacterial cell wall.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Petra Levin

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TWiM 268: Aspergillus and aspergillum

TWiM discusses citizen science surveillance of drug-resistant Aspergillus in garden soil, and the mechanism of action of a copper dependent antibiotic.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin

Right click to download TWiM #268 (35 MB .mp3, 47 minutes)

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TWiM 267: The honey badger of pathogens with Heran Darwin

From ASM Microbe 2022 in Washington, DC, Heran joins TWiM to discuss her career and her work on the agent of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson

Guest: Heran Darwin

Right click to download TWiM #267 (35 MB .mp3, 47 minutes)

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TWiM 266: Bacteria that can record

TWiM explains how spindle-shaped Archaeal viruses evolved from rod-shaped ancestors to package a larger genome, and transcriptional recording by CRISPR acquisition from RNA.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Petra Levin

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TWiM 265: Antiviral hotspots and desiccation tolerance

TWiM explains the discovery of hotspots of genetic variation containing reservoirs of anti-phage systems in E. coli phages and their parasitic satellites, and pathogen desiccation tolerance promoted by hydrophilins.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson

Right click to download TWiM #265 (41 MB .mp3, 57 minutes)

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TWiM 264: Antimicrobial antipsychotics

TWiM reveals that the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine promotes multiple antibiotic resistance in E. coli, and treatment with Bifidobacterium lactis probiotic benefits patients with coronary artery disease.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin

Right click to download TWiM #264 (48 MB .mp3, 66 minutes)

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