The Microbials reveal how a chemosynthetic symbiont stores energy for its marine flatworm host, and extraction of nutrients from host cells by E. coli injectisome components.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt
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Links for this episode
- Bacteria store energy for gutless worms (PNAS)
- Paracatenula on TWiM #21
- E. coli extracts nutrients from host cells (Cell)
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- Letters read on TWiM 197
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I enjoyed the edition particularly the linking of different studies through a common theme of food acquisition methods. I am a clinical microbiologist and infectious diseases teacher but the information from environmental microbes boosts my interest in microbiology. thanx. looking forward to more episodes in June.
Dr S Gokhale, MBBS, MD
Prof and Head, Microbiology
Director, Basic Sciences
Manipal College of Medical Sciences
Pokhara, Nepal
Country Ambassador for Nepal and Chair, Ambassador Leadership Circle
The American Society for Microbiology