TWiM #76: Genetic biopixels and a pathogenic sweet tooth
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michelle discuss the use of bacteria to build a genetic sensor for heavy metals, and how host sugars help enteric pathogens to expand after antibiotic treatment.
11 Apr 20141h 7min
TWiM #75: Pellicles on pickle jars
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michelle discuss a symbiosis between a bacterium and fungus that increases the virulence of oral biofilms, and the assembly of amyloid fibers, which are needed for biofilm ...
27 Mar 20141h 21min
TWiM #74: It came from the Siberian permafrost
Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss a huge 30,000 year old virus recovered from Siberia, and nested symbiosis facilitated by horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to insect.
12 Mar 20141h 10min
TWiM #73: Eyeing root nodule development
Vincent, Michael, and Michele discuss how soil-dwelling bacteria induce the formation of root nodules on legumes via a protein called CYCLOPS.
27 Feb 20141h 19min
TWiM #72: The benefits of virulence
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele review how microbial virulence can be increased as a consequence of community surveillance and adaptation to macrophages.
13 Feb 20141h 14min
TWiM #71: Colon cancer's little shop of horrors
Vincent, Michael, and Michele explain how the gut microbiome modulates colon tumorigenesis, and regulation of intestinal macrophage function by the microbial metabolite butyrate.
22 Jan 20141h 18min
TWiM #70: A paroxysmal cough
Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss evidence that the acellular pertussis vaccine fails to prevent infection and transmission in nonhuman primates, and the use of bacterial cytological profili...
18 Des 20131h 13min
TWiM #69: Bacterial DNA in the human genome
Vincent, Elio, Jo, and Michele review evidence for bacterial DNA integrated into the human genome, and control of the symbiont population in an insect midgut.
27 Nov 20131h 9min
