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TWiM #7: Cycles of life and death, light and dark May 18, 2011

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Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria.

TWiM #6: Antibacterial therapy with bacteriophage: Reality or fiction? May 04, 2011

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Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Elio review the use of bacteriophages to manage infections, and the presence of antibiotic resistance genes in the bacteriophage from urban sewage and river water.

TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles Apr 20, 2011

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Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.

TWiM #4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis Apr 06, 2011

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Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna.

TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry Mar 23, 2011

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Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis.

TWiM #2: The plague, microbial virulence and the gut microbiome Mar 09, 2011

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Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria control body weight and metabolic activity.

TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up Feb 23, 2011

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On episode #1 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael, and Stan discuss transfer of DNA from a human host to a bacterial pathogen, and the ability of dry copper to kill bacteria on contact.

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