TWiM #61: The irony of probiotics
Vincent, Elio, and Michele review how horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to an insect genome enables a tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis, and how probiotic bacteria work by competing for iron i...
7 Aug 201359min
TWiM #60: Microbial electrochemistry and diversity-generating retroelements
Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss how an error-prone reverse transcriptase produces enormous diversity in a Legionella protein, and using microbes to convert waste into bioelectricity and chemicals.
24 Juli 20131h 11min
TWiM #59: Are viruses part of our immune system?
Vincent and Michael discuss the finding that bacteriophage might be part of the mucosal antimicrobial defense system.
10 Juli 20131h 24min
TWiM #58: The brain microbiome?
Vincent, Elio and Michael review how underground mycelial networks carry signals that warn neighboring plants of aphid attack, and the presence of bacteria in the human brain.
20 Juni 20131h 21min
TWiM #57: Updating the human gut microbiome to degrade seaweed
Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss fungi that use pheromones to trap nematodes, and how genes obtained from marine bacteria help gut bacteria degrade algal carbohydrates.
5 Juni 201358min
TWiM #56: Live at ASM in Denver
Vincent, Elio and Michael recorded this episode before an audience at the 2013 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Denver, Colorado, where they spoke with Andrew, Ferric, Suzan...
24 Maj 20131h 42min
TWiM #55: In the copper room
Vincent, Elio and Michael discuss the finding that copper surfaces reduce microbial burden and hospital-acquired infections in the intensive care unit.
24 Apr 20131h 25min
TWiM #54: Dueling injectors and the microgenderome
Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how sex-dependent differences in the mouse microbiome regulate type I diabetes, and counterattack among bacteria.
10 Apr 20131h 12min
