This Week in Microbiology

TWiM #12: Photothermal nanoblades and genome engineering

Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the use of photothermal nanoblades to dissect the Burkholderia intracellular life cycle, and manipulation of chromosomes in vivo for genome-wide codon replac...

27 Juli 20111h 15min

TWiM #11: Chickens, antibiotics, and asthma

Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in chicken meat and in humans, and a beneficial effect of Helicobacter pylori colonization on the deve...

13 Juli 20111h 12min

TWiM #10: A symbiotic cloaking device

On episode #10 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Margaret, Elio, Michael and Dickson discuss the symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the luminous, gram-negative bacterium...

29 Juni 20111h 8min

TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4

Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review the outbreak of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in Germany caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4.

15 Juni 20111h 16min

TWiM # 8: Live in NOLA

Vincent, Michael, and Stanley recorded TWiM #8 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, with guests Andreas Baümler, Nicole Dubilier, and Paul Rainey. They spoke about how pathogens benefi...

1 Juni 20111h 26min

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

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 cyanobacteri...

18 Maj 20111h 4min

TWiM #6: Antibacterial therapy with bacteriophage: Reality or fiction?

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.

4 Maj 20111h 22min