TWiM reveals that methane-producing bacteria might survive beneath the surface of Mars, and identification of a cytopathogenic toxin in a bacterium associated with preterm birth.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt
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Links for this episode
- Archaea could make methane on Mars (Sci Rep)
- Cytopathogenic toxin in bacterium associated with preterm birth (J Bact)
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Nice to have some non-SARS stuff. Reminds me how much there is to learn.
If there is anything positive from the CoVid it’s the exposure to this and other Microbe TV podcasts.
I agree its nice to go outside of SARS-CoV-II and the politics surrounding the pandemic once in a while.