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266: Bacteria That Can Record
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TWiM explains how spindle-shaped Archaeal viruses evolved from rod-shaped ancestors to package a larger genome, and transcriptional recording by CRISPR acquisition from RNA.
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Links for this episode- From rods to spindles (Cell)
- Spindle-shaped virus movie (Cell)
- Bacteria that record (Science)
- Transcriptional recording with CRISPR (Nature)
- Letters read on TWiM 266
- TWiM Listener survey
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv
318 episodes
Manage episode 330616369 series 1539392
TWiM explains how spindle-shaped Archaeal viruses evolved from rod-shaped ancestors to package a larger genome, and transcriptional recording by CRISPR acquisition from RNA.
Become a patron of TWiM.
Links for this episode- From rods to spindles (Cell)
- Spindle-shaped virus movie (Cell)
- Bacteria that record (Science)
- Transcriptional recording with CRISPR (Nature)
- Letters read on TWiM 266
- TWiM Listener survey
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv
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