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This Week in Microbiology

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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth.

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This Week in Microbiology

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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth.

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#Science #Biology #Vincent Racaniello #Bacteria #Microbiology #Racaniello #Society #Natural Sciences #American Society For Microbiology #ASME #Microbe #MicrobeWorld #TWiM

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329: Bacteria Hunt With Grappling Hooks 54:17

16 days ago54:17

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TWiM explains Pasteur’s relentless hunt for microbes in the air, and how bacteria hunt for prey by ixotrophy - using grappling hooks! Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson . Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode Pasteur’s hunt for microbes in the air (NYTimes) Bacterial predation by ixotrophy (Science) Enter the pirates (STC) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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328: Capturing Shigella With Filopodia 46:59

5 weeks ago46:59

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TWiM describes Shigella infection is facilitated by interaction of human enteric α-defensin 5 with a colonic epithelial receptor, and an amino acid change in RNA polymerase that leads to resistance to β-lactams by preventing dysregulation of amino acid and nucleotide metabolism Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson . Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Android , RSS , or by email. Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode National Black HIV/AIDS awareness day (CDC) Shigella infection and human enteric alpha-defensin 5 (Nature Microbio) RNA polymerase amino acid change and resistance to beta-lactams (Cell Rep) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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327: Freezing and Anti-Freezing With Bacteria 52:28

8 weeks ago52:28

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TWiM explains the remarkable abilities of bacterial ice nucleating proteins to promote freezing of water, and cryoprotective proteins produced by worm microbiomes that prevent freezing. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson . Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode Worm microbiomes produce crytoprotective proteins (Sci Adv) Biological antifreeze in Antarctic fishes (Sciece) Enhancement of bacterial ice nucleators (PNAS) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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326: I Have One Word For You: PETase! 53:08

10 weeks ago53:08

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TWiM explores the discovery of microbial enzymes, PETases, that can degrade ubiquitous plastics, and how exogenous peptidoglycan is a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Michele Swanson . Guest Mark O. Martin . Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Android , RSS , or by email. Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode Discovery of PET depolymerases (Science) Exogenous peptidoglycan triggers biofilm formation (Nat Micro) What is a biofilm? (Vimeo) Peptidoglycan as a PAMP/MAMP (Immunol Rev) Light organ formation triggered by peptidoglycan (Science) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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325: Microbes Making Methane 41:54

12 weeks ago41:54

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TWiM reveals that record high atmospheric methane growth has been driven by microbes, and the cecum as an adaptive niche for Salmonella typhi. Hosts: Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson. Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Android , RSS , or by email. Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode Why a potent greenhouse gas is rising (WaPo) Microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth (PNAS) Salmonella biofilm formation in the cecum (mBio) Typhoid Mary (The Collector) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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324: Back To School for TWiM 1:02:23

14 weeks ago1:02:23

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From ASMCUE 2024, the conference on undergraduate education, TWiM speaks with Becky, Melanie, and Katriana about their careers and how they use TWiM in undergraduate microbiology education. Hosts: Michael Schmidt and Mark O. Martin Guests: Becky Seipel-Thiemann , Melanie Melendrez-Vallard , and Katriana Popichak Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Android , RSS , or by email. Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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323: Better Concrete With Microbes 59:37

16 weeks ago59:37

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TWiM describes how to make concrete more ‘green’ by using microbes, and bacterial bioluminescence as an important regulator of multitrophic interactions in the soil. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Michele Swanson and and Mark O. Martin . Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , RSS , or by email. Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode Construction nanobiotechnology for concrete (Appl Env Micro) Self-healing concrete (Sci Tot Environ) Microbe-inspired self-healing concrete (Front Struct Civil Eng) Bacterial bioluminescence regulates multitrophic interactions in the soil (Cell Rep) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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322: Photohydrolysis Decontamination Reduces Healthcare-associated Infections 58:12

19 weeks ago58:12

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TWiM explains how ticagrelor alters the membrane of S. aureus and enhances the activity of vancomycin and daptomycin without eliciting cross-resistance, and the development of a novel continuous disinfectant technology that decreases healthcare-associated infections in ICUs by 70%. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , and Michele Swanson . Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Ticagrelor and S. aureus (mBio) Novel disinfectant technology (Am J Inf Control) UVC-LED to inactivate foodborne pathogens (Appl Envir Micro) UV disinfection systems (ACS Photonics) High-touch surfaces in specialized patient care area (CDC) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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321: The Microbes in Your Food 1:00:03

21 weeks ago1:00:03

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TWiM focuses on recent foodborne outbreaks of bacterial infections, and how nanopore sequencing technology can be used to identify pathogenic microbes and antimicrobial resistance genes in food products. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson . Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Foodborne outbreaks (CDC) Race to nourish a warming worl d (Gates Foundation) Nanopore sequencing of foods (Food Microbiol) How is Oxford Nanopore used? (YouTube) Introduction to Nanopore sequencing (YouTube) Methods for detecting foodborne pathogens (Appl Micro Biotech) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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320: Rockstars of USAMRIID 1:15:05

23 weeks ago1:15:05

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TWiM travels to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases to learn how research conducted at USAMRIID leads to vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and training programs that protect both warfighters and civilians. Hosts: Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson . Guests: Norman Kreiselmeir, Christopher K Coat, Keersten Ricks, and Eric Nguyen Links for this episode: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Threading the NEIDL (TWiV 200) Unintentional importation of B. pseudomallei into US (Emerg Inf Dis) Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Engineering the cow for less methane emissions (WaPo) Precision microbiome editing (Audacious Project) Giant viruses carry antibiotic resistance genes (Nat Commun) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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319: The Dark Side of the Rumen 52:03

25 weeks ago52:03

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TWiM explains a project to engineer the cow microbiome to reduce emissions of methane, and the finding of antibiotic resistance genes in the genomes of giant viruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson . Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Android , RSS , or by email. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Engineering the cow for less methane emissions (WaPo) Precision microbiome editing (Audacious Project) Giant viruses carry antibiotic resistance genes (Nat Commun) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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318: How To Pick a Winner 1:07:23

27 weeks ago1:07:23

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TWiM explains how bacterial community structure can be used to predict athletic performance in racehorses, and the idea that a tiny fraction of all species forms most of Nature. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Mark O. Martin . Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Microbiome picks a winner (Sci Rep) Picking a Winner by Reading the Form Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes by Stephen Jay Gould How much does it cost to breed a horse ? Date of birth and purchase price as foals or yearlings and race performance Rarity as a sticky state (PNAS) How many species on Earth? (PLoS Biol) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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317: Bat White-nose Syndrome 54:54

29 weeks ago54:54

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TWiM explains unique modifications in the energy conservation pathways linked to methanogenesis in an Archaeon, and mechanisms of white nose fungal invasion of cells from the Little Brown Bat. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson . Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Methyl-reducing methanogenesis (Nature) Pathogenic strategies of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Science) Adaptive fungal invasion of bat cells (Science) Little brown bat (Critter Catalog) Nature Notes: Little Brown Bat (Harpswell) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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316: Food Addiction and the Gut Microbiome 56:23

32 weeks ago56:23

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TWiM describes experiments to explore gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans, and how a phage tail-like protein suppresses competitors in populations of bacteria of plants. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin and Michele Swanson . Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Gut microbiota and food addiction (Probiotics) Blautia may have probiotic properties (Gut Microbes) Blautia wexlerae ameliorates obesity and type 2 diabetes (Nat Commun) Phage tail–like bacteriocin suppresses competitors (Science) What is a bacteriocin ? (Front Micro) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv…

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315: How Pseudomonas Became A Global Pathogen 58:00

34 weeks ago58:00