Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cliff Mintz, Michael Schmidt, and Ronald Atlas
On episode #5 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Ron discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.
Download TWiM #5 (52.5 MB .mp3, 76 minutes).
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Image of Biofilm of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans by PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via flickr
Links for this episode:
- Genome sequence of a mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio strain
- Dusulfovibrio commentary in ScienceDaily
- Review on the genus Desulfovibrio (pdf)
- Perturbation of an Artic soil microbe community by nanoparticles
- Nanoparticles and microbes – commentary at PopSci
- Biodegradeable nanostructures with antimicrobial activity
- Potential bacteriophage applications (Microbe)
- Letters read on TWiM #5
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