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TWiM #17: Debugging endosymbiosis

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter.

On episode #17 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, 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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Links for this episode:

• Nested symbiosis in mealybugs (Curr Bio)
• A bug in a bug in a bug (STC)
• Rapid spread of an endosymbiont in whitefly (Science)
• Instant evolution in whiteflies (UANews)
• Letters read on TWiM #17

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