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This Week in Microbiology

Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows "This Week in Virology" (TWiV) and "This Week in Parasitism" (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.

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58:58

TWiM #15: Microbial long distance relationships

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/09/07

On episode #15 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael and Jo review the number of species on Earth, evidence that the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak originated in Nepal, and how gut microbiota influence the immune response to influenza virus infection of the lung.

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01:07:48

TWiM #14: Vomocytosis and microbial transistors

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/08/24

On episode #14 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Margaret, Michael and Elio review how the fungus Cryptococcus escapes from macrophages, and electrical conductivity in nanowires formed by the bacterium Geobacter.

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57:44

TWiM #13: Probiotics and inflammasomes: Telling good...

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/08/10

On episode #13 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Jo, Michael and Elio discuss how colonic microbial ecology and risk for colitis are regulated by an inflammasome, and amelioration of intestinal inflammation in mice by delivery of a probiotic-derived soluble protein to the colon.

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01:15:23

TWiM #12: Photothermal nanoblades and genome engineering

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/07/27

Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the use of photothermal nanoblades to dissect the Burkholderia intracellular life cycle, and manipulation of chromosomes in vivo for genome-wide codon replacement in E. coli.

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01:12:40

TWiM #11: Chickens, antibiotics, and asthma

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/07/13

Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in chicken meat and in humans, and a beneficial effect of Helicobacter pylori colonization on the development of allergen-induced asthma.

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01:08:07

TWiM #10: A symbiotic cloaking device

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/06/29

On episode #10 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Margaret, Elio, Michael and Dickson discuss the symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the luminous, gram-negative bacterium Vibrio fischeri.

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01:16:35

TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/06/15

Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review the outbreak of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in Germany caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4.

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01:26:21

TWiM # 8: Live in NOLA

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/06/01

Vincent, Michael, and Stanley recorded TWiM #8 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, with guests Andreas Baümler, Nicole Dubilier, and Paul Rainey. They spoke about how pathogens benefit from disease, symbioses between chemosynthetic bacteria and marine invertebrates, and repetitive sequences in bacteria.

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01:04:09

TWiM #7: Cycles of life and death, light and dark

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/05/18

Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria.

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01:22:11

TWiM #6: Antibacterial therapy with bacteriophage:...

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/05/04

Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Elio review the use of bacteriophages to manage infections, and the presence of antibiotic resistance genes in the bacteriophage from urban sewage and river water.

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01:15:51

TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and...

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/04/20

Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.

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01:14:45

TWiM #4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/04/06

Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna.

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01:00:27

TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/03/23

Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis.

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01:15:43

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

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/03/09

Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria control body weight and metabolic activity.

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01:03:23

TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up

This Week in Microbiology ·

2011/02/23

On episode #1 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael, and Stan discuss transfer of DNA from a human host to a bacterial pathogen, and the ability of dry copper to kill bacteria on contact.

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