Nitrogen Fixation Goes Eukaryotic
This Week in Microbiology
TWiM explains major implications of the link between plastic pollution and antimicrobial resistance, and the discovery of a new organelle, the nitrogen-fixing nitroplast. Hosts: , , and Become a of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Links for this episode (Appl Envir Micro) The great Pacific (YouTube) (Nat Biotech) in marine alga (Science) (YouTube) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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359: Kin Killing and Metal Hunger
This Week in Microbiology
TWiM explains how cannibalism shapes biofilm structure and composition in Bacillus subtilis, and the importance of manganese uptake in uropathogenic E. coli during urinary tract infection. Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode: shapes biofilm structure (mBio) and uropathogenic E. coli (mBio) Regulation of Bacterial (NLM Bookshelf) Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv
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358: Gut Microbes and ALS
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TWiM explains the connection between inflammation caused by microbial glycogen in the gut and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and how disruption of cysteine metabolism leads to synthetic lethality and in vivo fitness impairment in Acinetobacter baumannii. Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode: Myeloid cell gene prevents i (Cell Rep) in Acinetobacter baumannii (mBio) Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv
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357: Remembering Elio at Tufts
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TWiM visits Tufts University School of Medcine and are joined by John Coffin, Michael Malamy, and Verna Manni for a tribute to Elio Schaechter who was chair of Molecular Biology and Microbiology for 23 years. Hosts: , , , and Guests: , , and Subscribe to TWiM (free) on , , , or by Become a ! Music used on TWiM is by . Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv
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TWiM 356: Nanopore to the bone
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TWiM explains how Streptococcus mitis bacteriocins drive contact-dependent lysis of S. pneumoniae facilitating transformation, and microbial dominance in diabetic foot osteomyelitis determined with nanopore sequencing. Hosts: , , and Subscribe to TWiM (free) on , , , or by Links for this episode Streptococcus mitis bacteriocins of S. pneumoniae (mBio) Microbial dominance in diabetic foot osteomyelitis (J Inf Dis) review (World J Clin Cases) How works (YouTube) Become a ! Music used on TWiM is...
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355: Bacteria Complete Your tRNA
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TWiM explains how an enhanced domestication method allows for growth of uncultured bacteria, and identification of the oncogene SLC35F2 as is a high-specificity transporter for the micronutrients queuine and queuosine. Hosts: , , and . Guest: Become a of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Links for this episode (ISME Comm) Transporter for the (PNAS) How can impact your health (UF blog) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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354: How a Gut Microbe Worsens Heart Disease
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TWiM explains a candidate signature of health in the gut microbial community, and how an intestinal bacterium exacerbates cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury. Hosts: , , and . Become a of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Links for this episode A (Cell Host Microbe) 204,938 (Nat Biotech) A spanning 41 countries (Nat Micro) A comprehensive (Gigascience) injury (Cell Host Microbe) The Great (NY Times, paywall) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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353: Microbial Metabolism of Food Allergens
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TWiM explains how to use microbes to enhance maize yield and reduce corn rootworm damage, and how the human microbiota modulates IgE-mediated reactions to foods through allergen metabolism. Hosts: , , and . Guest: Become a of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Links for this episode Harnessing (Phytobiome J) Microbes take on (Science) (Cell Host Microbe) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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352: Microbial Gut Biosensors
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TWiM reveals the archaeal roots of eukaryotic life, and a building a gut malabsorption biosensor with bacteria. Become a of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Links for this episode The (PNAS) Building a (Cell) Engineering with microbes (Nature) Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to
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351: Resistance Reboot
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TWiM discusses the use of bacteriophage-loaded microneedle patches for targeted and minimally disruptive foodborne pathogen decontamination, and a conjugal gene drive-like system that efficiently suppresses antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode: patches for food (Sci Adv) to suppress antibiotic resistance (npj antimicrob and resistance) CRISPR (Syntego) Bier Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv
info_outlineTWiM discusses outbreak of Legionnaires disease in Harlem NY, an automated whole genome sequencing platform for bacterial strain typing in clinical microbiology laboratories, building E. coli with a 57-codon genetic code.
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- Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in NY (NY Health)
- Automated whole genome sequencing for clinical labs (J Clin Micro)
- Sequencing workflow for outbreaks (J Clin Micro)
- Rewriting code of life (NYTimes)
- E. coli with a 57-codon genetic code (Science)
- E. coli with one stop codon (TWiM 330)
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