Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter
The microbophiles investigate the ratio of bacterial to human cells in our bodies, and how placing solar panels on a bacterium enables it to carry out photosynthesis.
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Links for this episode
- Revised estimates of human and bacterial cells in the body (biorxiv)
- Power of ten (Small Things Considered)
- Solar-to-chemical production in bacteria (Science)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiM 119
This episode is sponsored by ASM Grant Writing Webinar and 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
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