315: How Pseudomonas Became A Global Pathogen
TWiM explores evolution and host adaptation of Pseudomonas infections of plants, and the impact of COVID-19 on ESBL-producing E. coli on urinary tract and blood infections. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello a...
9 Aug 202458min
314: Microbes Sculpt Our Planet and Manage Inflammation
TWiM explores the deep-dwelling microbes that sculpt our planet, and the use of microbes in bioelectronics to manage inflammation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele S...
27 Jul 202452min
313: Could Fungal Pathogens Outsmart US?
From ASM Microbe in Atlanta, Georgia, Arturo joins TWiM to reveal the threats that fungi pose to human health, including the notorious Candida auris and many more and how committed experts are researc...
11 Jul 202444min
312: Cry Havoc!, and Let Slip the Phages of Healing
TWiM explains a new mechanism for preventing lysogeny through temperate phage-antibiotic synergy, and Salmonella expansion in the murine gut dependency on aspartate derived from reactive oxygen specie...
28 Jun 202453min
311: Bacteria, beware of siderophore-antibiotic hybrids
TWiM explores how climate change may be increasing our risks to infectious disease and then how the Odyssey literally comes alive in our microbial world but fear not, unlike the Trojans, the bacteria ...
13 Jun 202443min
310: Starvation vs Dehydration: Who Loses, Who Wins?
TWiM explores the plasticity of the adult human small intestinal stoma microbiota, and survival and rapid resuscitation that permit limited productivity in desert microbial communities. Hosts: Vincent...
12 Mai 202458min
309: Stomach Acid Can Be Your Friend
Today on TWiM, a charcuterie invasion, and how that acid in your stomach may protect from the invading hordes of microbes. Hosts: Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson. Become a patron of T...
26 Apr 202445min
308: Living in a Community World
TWiM reviews a case of E. faecium bacteremia treated with combination bacteriophage and antibiotic therapy, and how dopamine receptor D2 confers colonization resistance via microbial metabolites. Host...
13 Apr 20241h 7min
