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TWiM #2: The plague, microbial virulence, and the gut microbiome

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cliff Mintz, Michael Schmidt.

On episode #2 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria control body weight and metabolic activity.

Right click to download TWiM #2 (52 MB .mp3, 75 minutes).

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Links for this episode:

• Fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia infection (thanks, Alan!)
• Hemochromatosis
• Gut bacteria can control metabolic functions (mBio)
• Systems biology approach to infectious disease research (mBio)
• Dr. B. Brett Finlay's 3D animations
• Letters read on TWiM #2

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