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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 101 - Prokaryotes Pressurize Platforms

This episode: Bacteria produce gas that can regulate the depth of underwater sensor devices!





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TWiV 196 Letters

Dallas writes:


I am going through the old podcasts, when I have time. Number forty one covered ISA — a salmonid virus with a billion dollar class damages history. When someone mentioned vaccines development, a comments was made about how can you vaccinate salmon.


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TWiV Special: Ignorance with Stuart Firestein



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Read More

Behind the scenes: TWiV 202 at the University of Nebraska

We recorded This Week in Virology #202 at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska on 5 October 2012, as part of the 12th Annual Symposium in Virology. Terence Dermody, Shou-Wei Ding, Grant McFadden and I spoke about our research, and then we recorded TWiV with University of Nebraska viro... Read More

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 97 - Prokaryote Partners Produce Power

This episode: Scientists match up bacteria to produce extra fuel from plant waste!





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No further evidence of novel coronavirus

There is no evidence for further spread among humans of a novel coronavirus recently isolated from two individuals with severe respiratory illness. This conclusion has been drawn after scrutinizing the travels (figure) and contacts of a Qatari adult who was transferred to intensive care in Londo... Read More

TWiV 202: Huskers go viral



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, T. Jack Morris, Read More

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 104 - Algae Actualize Active Antibodies

This episode: Engineered diatoms can produce functional antibodies!





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A new rhabdovirus from a patient with hemorrhagic fever

Hemorrhagic fevers are among the most graphic viral diseases, inspiring movies, novels, and a general fear of infection. They are characterized by an abrupt onset and a striking clinical course involving bleeding from the nose and mouth, vomiting with blood, and bloody diarrhea. The most famous ... Read More

A short-short science fiction story about microbes...

From my microbiology-associated blog, where I discuss teaching and research in microbiology at a small liberal arts institution. Read More

TWiV 203 Letters

Suzanne writes:


Your most recent TWIV in Nebraska made me want to add a few verses to that old kids’ song…


“There’s a virus in the alga in the paramecium on the speck on the flea on the wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in th... Read More

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 102 - Pathogen Processes Polyp-Popping Prodrug

This episode: Tumor-targeting bacteria selectively activate anti-cancer drug!





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Peptidoglycan remodeling and conversion of an inner membrane into an outer membrane during sporulation

I just finished listening to the TWiM 35 on LPS in Vibrio (among other topics). Dr. Elio Schaechter mentioned a field in Microbiology that I think is of great interest to the scientific community and should definitely be covered in a podcast. The topic is: Outer Membrane Biogenesis in Gram-negat... Read More

TWiV 206: Viral turducken



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove Read More

Emerging Gastrointestinal Pathogen Linked With Human Fecal Contamination

A gastrointestinal pathogen associated with fecal contamination was present in 97 of 129 water samples taken from four beaches on the Lake Erie coast of Ohio according to research published in the August issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (click source to download a .pdf of the jour... Read More

A new coronavirus isolated from humans

A new coronavirus has been isolated from two individuals with severe respiratory illness. It is different from the SARS coronavirus, but health officials are nonetheless preparing for a rapid response should the virus be detected elsewhere. Read More

TWiV 207: Silk sheets and viral infidelity



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove Read More

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 95 - Plants' Pathogenic Partners

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TWiV 210: Bond, covalent bond



Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit Read More

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