The TWiM team discuss bacteriophage evolution in a dairy plant, and killing of less fit cells among social microbes.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson
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- A decade of phage evolution (Appl Env Micr)
- Animation of phage infection (Vimeo)
- Double agar assay for phage (Dairy Science)
- Sibling conflict among social bacteria (mBio)
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