Vincent, Michele, and Michael travel to San Diego to reminisce with Elio about his career, his work in microbiology, and his love for microbes and mushrooms.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter,Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt
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Links for this episode
- Elio’s profile
- Elio’s memoirs
- Elio’s first paper, 1952 (J Bact)
- In the Company of Mushrooms
- Small Things Considered

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