TWiM reveals how to inactivate norovirus on formica surfaces, and how to achieve antibiotic resistance by suppression of a frameshift mutation in an essential gene.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin
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Links for this episode:
- Effect of wiping on norovirus inactivation (Appl Env Micro)
- Chlorine dilution calculator (Ontario Pub Health)
- Antibiotic resistance by frameshift suppression (PNAS)
- Resistance to rifampicin (Nature)
- Letters read on TWiM 273
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For TWIM-273 on Norovirus:
I have read that Silver Citrate solutions like PureGreen24 are effective against Norovirus.
Is that true?