Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss the stability of human coronaviruses on surfaces and in aerosols, and peptidoglycan production by a mosaic consisting of a bacterium within a bacterium within an insect.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt
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Links for this episode
- Human coronavirus 229E infectivity on common surfaces (mBio)
- Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 (medRxiv)
- Peptidoglycan synthesis by a insect-bacteria mosaic (Cell)
- Image credit: Michele Banks
- Letters read on TWiM 213
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