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This Week in Microbiology

This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week ... Read more

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TWiM #42: Staphylococcus, a three-star pathogen

TWiM #42: Staphylococcus, a three-star pathogen

Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Joe review highlights of the 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococca... Read more

26 Sep 2012

1hr 11mins

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174: A Gathering Typhoid Storm

174: A Gathering Typhoid Storm

The TWiMsters explain why untreatable typhoid fever might be on the way, and the evolution of fungal virulence in tropic... Read more

19 Apr 2018

1hr 2mins

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TWiM #166: Dark fermentation

TWiM #166: Dark fermentation

Vincent and Elio discuss the reason for poor efficacy of one of the influenza virus vaccines, and using a hyperthermophi... Read more

7 Dec 2017

51mins

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175: Neomycin is antiviral

175: Neomycin is antiviral

The TWiM team notes the passing of Allan Campbell, and explains how aminoglycoside antibiotics like neomycin enhance hos... Read more

2 May 2018

1hr 3mins

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TWiM #58: The brain microbiome?

TWiM #58: The brain microbiome?

Vincent, Elio and Michael review how underground mycelial networks carry signals that warn neighboring plants of aphid a... Read more

20 Jun 2013

1hr 21mins

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184: CRISPR-Cas immune systems

184: CRISPR-Cas immune systems

Sam Sternberg discusses his work on exploring and exploiting CRISPR-Cas immune systems, beginning as a graduate student ... Read more

7 Sep 2018

1hr 26mins

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TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry

TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry

Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insectic... Read more

23 Mar 2011

1hr

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TWiM #40: A mecca for microbiology

TWiM #40: A mecca for microbiology

**MicrobeWorld app users, click the "e" symbol in the bottom right corner of this description to watch a bonus video ver... Read more

29 Aug 2012

1hr 1min

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TWiM #162: Intracellular bacteria with flagella

TWiM #162: Intracellular bacteria with flagella

The TWiM hosts and associated microbiomes review a fungus destroying salamanders in Europe, and genes for flagella in in... Read more

13 Oct 2017

52mins

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TWiM #69: Bacterial DNA in the human genome

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 sy... Read more

27 Nov 2013

1hr 9mins

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170: Rats, lice, and nanoparticles

170: Rats, lice, and nanoparticles

The TWiM team reveals that spread of plague was likely by human ectoparasites, not rats, and deconstruct a durable, broa... Read more

8 Feb 2018

55mins

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169: Breatharian Bacteria

169: Breatharian Bacteria

The cast of TWiM reveals how uropathogenic E. coli use a copper-binding protein to treat copper as a nutrient or a toxin... Read more

23 Jan 2018

1hr 2mins

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TWiM #168: The lesser of two weevils

TWiM #168: The lesser of two weevils

Dickson joins the TWiM team to discuss the nasal microbiota of dairy farmers, and attenuation of bacterial virulence by ... Read more

5 Jan 2018

1hr 16mins

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179: Viable but not culturable

179: Viable but not culturable

The TwiModulators discuss aerosolization of bacteria and viruses in an ocean-atmosphere mesocosm, and how the common pra... Read more

29 Jun 2018

1hr 16mins

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TWiM #102: Happiness is the spore-formers in your gut

TWiM #102: Happiness is the spore-formers in your gut

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson.  The TWiM team discusses evidence that ... Read more

24 Apr 2015

57mins

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TWiM #158: The bottom line

TWiM #158: The bottom line

The TWiM team considers a report on prokaryotic viral DNA in mammalian brain, and how diarrhea is beneficial, by clearin... Read more

10 Aug 2017

1hr 5mins

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195: Gingipain in the Alzheimer brain

195: Gingipain in the Alzheimer brain

Michael and Vincent discuss the finding of immunity to Cas9 protein in humans, and a potential role for an oral bacteriu... Read more

4 Mar 2019

1hr 14mins

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TWiM #61: The irony of probiotics

TWiM #61: The irony of probiotics

Vincent, Elio, and Michele review how horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to an insect genome enables a tripartite ne... Read more

7 Aug 2013

59mins

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TWiM #50: These things aren’t even bacteria!

TWiM #50: These things aren’t even bacteria!

Vincent, Michael, and Stanley review the scientific career of Carl Woese.

30 Jan 2013

1hr 3mins

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TWiM #141: Nutritional immunity and polymicrobial infections

TWiM #141: Nutritional immunity and polymicrobial infections

Jennifer joins Vincent, Elio, and Michael to talk about the work of her laboratory on how a respiratory virus enhances b... Read more

15 Dec 2016

1hr 5mins

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