This Week in Microbiology
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334: Fungal Smuggle
TWiM describes how microbiological analysis of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn has revealed an antimicrobial resistance reservoir and bioremediation potential, and fungicide resistance in Fusarium graminearum, the fungus recently smuggled into the US.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Petra Levin.
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Links for this episode
- Microbiology of the Gowanus Canal (J. Appl. Micro)
- Microbes clean up Gowanus (BrooklynPaper)
- Fungicide resistance in Fusarium (Pathogens)
- Couple smuggles fungal pathogen into US (NBC)
- Fusarium and wheat-management strategies (Pathogens)
- Laboratory Biosafety (pdf)
- NIH Biosafety (NIH)
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333: When Mutualists Murder
TWiM explains how a mutualistic model bacterium can become lethal in a non-symbiotic host, and engineering a kill switch into a tuberculosis vaccine for improved safety.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode
- When a mutualist becomes lethal (mBio)
- A lasting symbiosis (Nat Rev Micro)
- A kill switch for BCG (Nat Micro)
- Engineering mycobacteria for vaccination (Nat Micro)
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332: Fibromyalgia Pain and the Gut Microbiome
TWiM explains a study of the unique and extreme microbial and chemical environment on the International Space Station, and the connection between the gut microbiome and pain in fibromyalgia.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.
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Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Links for this episode
- ISS chemical and microbial environment (Cell)
- Gut microbiota and fibromyalgia pain (Neuron)
- Gut pain eases after doses of gut microbes (Nature)
- Skin innervation and fibromyalgia pain (Ann Neurol)
- Altered microbiome in fibromyalgia (Pain)
- Intestinal microbiome and fibromyalgia (Intl J Rheum Dis)
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331: Radar Love in Bacteria
TWiM describes isolation of a novel bacterial species isolated from the China Space Station, and how a chemical radar allows bacteria to detect and kill predators.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Petra Levin.
Guest Mark O. Martin.
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Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Links for this episode
- Niallia tiangongensis from the China Space Station (Int J Syst Evol Biol)
- Bacterial chemical radar (Cell)
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330: More mouth Microbiology
TWiM explains how to recode E. coli so it uses only one stop codon, and an exploration of the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion within dental plaque.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.
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Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Links for this episode
- Engineering E. coli with one stop codon (Nature)
- Bacterial adhesion in dental plaque (mBio)
- Microbial complexes in subgingival plaque (J Clin Periodontol)
- Bacterial clusters in periodontal and peri-implant diseases (Microorg)
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