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TWiM #27: An inflamed gut is good for Salmonella Feb 22, 2012

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Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how inflammation allows Salmonella to compete with fermenting gut microbes, and a riboswitch in bacterial and Archeal species that is triggered by fluoride.

TWiM #26: Suum cuique Feb 08, 2012

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Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss the finding of Sutterella species in the gut of autistic children, and methods for cultivating oral bacteria.

TWiM #25: Magnetotactic bacteria and totally drug resistant TB Jan 25, 2012

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On episode #25 of the podcast, Vincent, Elio, and Michael review bacteria that use the earth’s magnetic field for navigation, and identification of totally drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

TWiM #24: This year in microbiology Jan 11, 2012

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Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review ten compelling microbiology stories from 2011.

TWiM #23: Fighting antibiotics with toxic gas and starvation Dec 28, 2011

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Vincent, Jo, Elio, and Michael explain how a swarming bacterium helps disperse a non-motile fungus, and bacterial antibiotic tolerance mediated by hydrogen sulfide and starvation responses.

TWiM #22: Microbiology 911 Dec 14, 2011

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Vincent and Michael speak with Alfred Sacchetti, MD, Chief of Emergency Services at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, about microbial infections encountered in the emergency room.

TWiM #21: Symbiotic margheritas Nov 30, 2011

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Vincent and Elio discuss ancient symbiosis between Alphaproteobacteria and catenulid flatworms, and a toxin from Helicobacter pylori that engages the mitochondrial fission machinery to induce host cell death.

TWiM #20: Facebook for bacteria Nov 16, 2011

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On episode #20 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, and Elio follow up on the outbreaks of E. coli in Germany and cholera in Haiti, then discuss genes that confer self-identity to Proteus mirabilis.

TWiM #19: Your microbiome is what you eat Nov 02, 2011

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Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Jo discuss the genome sequence of Y. pestis from victims of the Black Death, and the effect of diet on gut microbial enterotypes.

TWiM #18: Escherichia coli K-12, an emerging pathogen? Oct 19, 2011

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Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Stanley explain how to make the human intestinal commensal and benign laboratory bacterium Escherichia coli K-12 into an invasive organism, and the unearthing of century-old spores in New York City.

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