TWiM 147: The public goods dilemma

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and  Michele Swanson

The TWiM hosts reveal why phosphorus is essential for fungal brain disease, and how bacteria kill local competitors to favor the evolution of public goods cooperation.

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Links for this episode

• Phosphate needed for Cryptococcus brain disease (mSphere)
• Type VI killing drives phase separation (Nat Rep)
• Type VI secretion review (Phil Trans Roy Soc)
• Microbial cooperation and conflict (TedX)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiM 147

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