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TWiV 154: Symbiotic safecrackers

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich are very enthusiastic about two studies that show how gut bacteria help viral invaders.

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Links for this episode:

• Retrovirus transmission dependent on commensal microbiota (Science)
• Intestinal microbiota promote enteric virus replication (Science)
• TWiV 3D timeline (9 MB .mv4 - thanks, Ricardo)
• Faleye's photos at VirusTalk
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 154

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