TWiV 139: Honey, I shrunk the virus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier

Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees.

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Links for this episode:

• Mimivirus genome reduction after amoebal culture (PNAS)
• Carbohydrate-Active enZYmes database
• Analysis of the honey bee microbiome (PLoS One)
• The colony-collapse blues (TWiV 104)
• Blessed are the beekeepers (Wall Street Journal)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 139

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