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TWiM #97: There's gold in them hills Feb 04, 2015

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The TWiM team reveal how bacteria in a shipworm’s gills help digest wood in the gut, and an approach that identifies a new antibiotic from the soil.

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Gill bacteria enable a novel digestive strategy (PNAS)
Killing bacteria without resistance (Nature)
An irresistable newcomer (Nature)
Peptidoglycan synthesis animation
10 x 20 initiative (IDSA)
Longitude Prize

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TWiM #96: A lean, mean sequencing machine Jan 21, 2015

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello.

Special guest: Rob Knight

Vincent meets up with Rob Knight to talk about the technology that has fueled his drive to sequence the Earth and its inhabitants.

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Microbes en masse (Nature)
Obesity alters gut microbial ecology (PNAS)
Sharing microbiome with dogs (eLife)
Earth microbiome project (BMC Biology)
Stability of gut micobiota (Science)
Gut microbes and the brain (J Neurosci)

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TWiM #95: A microbe lover in San Diego Jan 09, 2015

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello.

Special guest: Stanley Maloy

Vincent meets up with Stan Maloy on the campus of San Diego State University to talk about his career in microbiology and his work as Dean of Science.

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TWiM #94: Nitrochondria Dec 25, 2014

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Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss a symbiosis between a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria and a single-celled eukaryotic alga.

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Unicellular cyanobacterium and alga symbiosis (Science)
Diversity of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium and its host (Environ Micro)
Talmudic Question #4 (answer)
Talmudic Question #2
Coccolithophore (Wikipedia)

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TWiM #93: Worming in on bacteria Dec 11, 2014

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Vincent, Elio, and Michael reveal that a soil-dwelling nematode can recognize and respond to a bacterial quorum sensing molecule through a sensory neuron.

TWiM #92: Flying biofilms Nov 27, 2014

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Vincent, Elio, Michael and Michele discuss the possible eradication of wild poliovirus type 3, and how microsporidian parasites prevent locust swarming behavior.

TWiM #91: Rats, viruses, and bacteria Nov 14, 2014

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Vincent, Elio, and Michele review a study of the viruses and bacteria in commensal rats in New York City.

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TWiM #90: Think globally, act locally Oct 29, 2014

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Vincent meets up with Laurene and David at the Annual Meeting of the Southern California Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, where they discuss how the Los Angeles County Department of Health is preparing for an outbreak of Ebola virus infection, and Cepheid’s game-changing, modular PCR system for the diagnosis of infectious diseases.

TWiM #89: Microbial handoffs Oct 15, 2014

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Vincent, Michele, and Michael discuss how a gene from bacteria protects a tick from plant cyanide poisoning, and enhanced transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae by influenza virus co-infection in mice.

TWiM #88: A century of excellence in microbiology Oct 01, 2014

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Michele speaks with members of the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, on the occasion of its designation as a Milestones in Microbiology site, where they discuss how the department has advanced the science and teaching of microbiology.

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