This Week in Microbiology

TWiM wonders why archaea are not pathogenic, and reveals how a colibactin produced by a honeybee gut symbiont defends against pathogens.
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Why are archaea not pathogenic? (mBio)

Archaeal viruses (Archaea)

Colibactin made in honeybee gut (Nat Micro)



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TWiM explains the finding that Bunsen burners do not decrease deposition of microbe-containing particles, and how gut microbiota generate dinitrosyl iron complexes with cardiometabolic benefits.

Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello and Michael Schmidt
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Bunsen burners don't do what you thought they did (Micro Spectrum)

How does air circulate in passenger planes? | AFP

How germs travel on planes | Raymond Wang

Gut bacteria and cardiometabolic health (Cell)


 
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TWiM explains how movement of DNA among gut bacteria drive large-scale genome mosaicism, and validation of a method for detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in outbreak-linked fresh produce.

Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin
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Natural DNA transformation in the gut (ISME J)

The transformation factor (J Exp Med)

Validating cyclospora assay (J Food Prot)

Cyclosporiasis (CDC)

 
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TWiM explains the discovery of an avirulent bacterial signature associated with the development of recurrence following colorectal cancer surgery, and phage-derived proteins and conjugates that induce pilus detachment.
Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Petra Levin
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Bacterial signature is associated with colon cancer recurrence (Nat Comm)

Phage-derived proteins induce pilus detachment (J Bact)

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TWiM explains major implications of the link between plastic pollution and antimicrobial resistance, and the discovery of a new organelle, the nitrogen-fixing nitroplast.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson
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Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
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Plastic pollution and antimicrobial resistance (Appl Envir Micro)
The great Pacific garbage patch (YouTube)
Rumen microbiome (Nat Biotech)
Nitrogen-fixing organelle in marine alga (Science)
This cell just changed biology (YouTube)
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