The TWiM team explains the use of microbial genome mining to identify new drugs, and how a bacterial symbiont protects flies against parasitoid wasps.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson
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Links for this episode
- Molecular beacons identify gifted microbes (J Antibiot)
- Defensive symbiosis (PLoS Path)
- Letters read on TWiM 156
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