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TWiM #17: Debugging endosymbiosis
5 oktober 2011 · 1 uur 11 min
Vincent, Michael, and Elio focus on endosymbiosis: the rapid spread of Ricekttsia in whitefiles, and a metabolic patchwork in nested symbionts of mealybugs.
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TWiM #16: ICAAC Live
22 september 2011 · 1 uur 29 min
On episode #16 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, Arturo, Stuart, and David converse about antimicrobial resistance and why most fungi do not cause disease at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Lees meer
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TWiM #15: Microbial long distance relationships
7 september 2011 · 59 min
On episode #15 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael and Jo review the number of species on Earth, evidence that the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak originated in Nepal, and how gut microbiota influence the immune response to influenza virus infection of the lung. Lees meer
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TWiM #14: Vomocytosis and microbial transistors
24 augustus 2011 · 1 uur 8 min
On episode #14 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Margaret, Michael and Elio review how the fungus Cryptococcus escapes from macrophages, and electrical conductivity in nanowires formed by the bacterium Geobacter.
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TWiM #13: Probiotics and inflammasomes: Telling good bacteria from the bad
10 augustus 2011 · 58 min
On episode #13 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Jo, Michael and Elio discuss how colonic microbial ecology and risk for colitis are regulated by an inflammasome, and amelioration of intestinal inflammation in mice by delivery of a probiotic-derived soluble protein to the colon. Lees meer
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TWiM #12: Photothermal nanoblades and genome engineering
27 juli 2011 · 1 uur 15 min
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 replacement in E. coli.
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TWiM #11: Chickens, antibiotics, and asthma
13 juli 2011 · 1 uur 13 min
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 development of allergen-induced asthma.
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TWiM #10: A symbiotic cloaking device
29 juni 2011 · 1 uur 8 min
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 Vibrio fischeri.
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TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4
15 juni 2011 · 1 uur 17 min
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.
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TWiM # 8: Live in NOLA
1 juni 2011 · 1 uur 26 min
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 benefit from disease, symbioses between chemosynthetic bacteria and marine invertebrates, and repetitive sequences in bacteria. Lees meer
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TWiM #7: Cycles of life and death, light and dark
18 mei 2011 · 1 uur 4 min
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 cyanobacteria.
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TWiM #6: Antibacterial therapy with bacteriophage: Reality or fiction?
4 mei 2011 · 1 uur 22 min
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.
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TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles
20 april 2011 · 1 uur 16 min
Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.
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TWiM #4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis
6 april 2011 · 1 uur 15 min
Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna.
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TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry
23 maart 2011 · 1 uur
Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis.
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TWiM #2: The plague, microbial virulence and the gut microbiome
9 maart 2011 · 1 uur 16 min
Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria control body weight and metabolic activity.
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TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up
23 februari 2011 · 1 uur 3 min
On episode #1 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael, and Stan discuss transfer of DNA from a human host to a bacterial pathogen, and the ability of dry copper to kill bacteria on contact.