Ranked #1
TWiM #42: Staphylococcus, a three-star pathogen
TWiM #42: Staphylococcus, a three-star pathogen
Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Joe review highlights of the 15th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococca... Read more
26 Sep 2012
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #2
174: A Gathering Typhoid Storm
174: A Gathering Typhoid Storm
The TWiMsters explain why untreatable typhoid fever might be on the way, and the evolution of fungal virulence in tropic... Read more
19 Apr 2018
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1hr 2mins
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Ranked #3
TWiM #166: Dark fermentation
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Vincent and Elio discuss the reason for poor efficacy of one of the influenza virus vaccines, and using a hyperthermophi... Read more
7 Dec 2017
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51mins
Ranked #4
175: Neomycin is antiviral
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The TWiM team notes the passing of Allan Campbell, and explains how aminoglycoside antibiotics like neomycin enhance hos... Read more
2 May 2018
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1hr 3mins
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TWiM #58: The brain microbiome?
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Vincent, Elio and Michael review how underground mycelial networks carry signals that warn neighboring plants of aphid a... Read more
20 Jun 2013
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #6
184: CRISPR-Cas immune systems
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Sam Sternberg discusses his work on exploring and exploiting CRISPR-Cas immune systems, beginning as a graduate student ... Read more
7 Sep 2018
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1hr 26mins
Ranked #7
TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry
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Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insectic... Read more
23 Mar 2011
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Ranked #8
TWiM #40: A mecca for microbiology
TWiM #40: A mecca for microbiology
**MicrobeWorld app users, click the "e" symbol in the bottom right corner of this description to watch a bonus video ver... Read more
29 Aug 2012
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1hr 1min
Ranked #9
TWiM #162: Intracellular bacteria with flagella
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The TWiM hosts and associated microbiomes review a fungus destroying salamanders in Europe, and genes for flagella in in... Read more
13 Oct 2017
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52mins
Ranked #10
TWiM #69: Bacterial DNA in the human genome
TWiM #69: Bacterial DNA in the human genome
Vincent, Elio, Jo, and Michele review evidence for bacterial DNA integrated into the human genome, and control of the sy... Read more
27 Nov 2013
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #11
170: Rats, lice, and nanoparticles
170: Rats, lice, and nanoparticles
The TWiM team reveals that spread of plague was likely by human ectoparasites, not rats, and deconstruct a durable, broa... Read more
8 Feb 2018
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55mins
Ranked #12
169: Breatharian Bacteria
169: Breatharian Bacteria
The cast of TWiM reveals how uropathogenic E. coli use a copper-binding protein to treat copper as a nutrient or a toxin... Read more
23 Jan 2018
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #13
TWiM #168: The lesser of two weevils
TWiM #168: The lesser of two weevils
Dickson joins the TWiM team to discuss the nasal microbiota of dairy farmers, and attenuation of bacterial virulence by ... Read more
5 Jan 2018
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #14
179: Viable but not culturable
179: Viable but not culturable
The TwiModulators discuss aerosolization of bacteria and viruses in an ocean-atmosphere mesocosm, and how the common pra... Read more
29 Jun 2018
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #15
TWiM #102: Happiness is the spore-formers in your gut
TWiM #102: Happiness is the spore-formers in your gut
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson. The TWiM team discusses evidence that ... Read more
24 Apr 2015
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57mins
Ranked #16
TWiM #158: The bottom line
TWiM #158: The bottom line
The TWiM team considers a report on prokaryotic viral DNA in mammalian brain, and how diarrhea is beneficial, by clearin... Read more
10 Aug 2017
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #17
195: Gingipain in the Alzheimer brain
195: Gingipain in the Alzheimer brain
Michael and Vincent discuss the finding of immunity to Cas9 protein in humans, and a potential role for an oral bacteriu... Read more
4 Mar 2019
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #18
TWiM #61: The irony of probiotics
TWiM #61: The irony of probiotics
Vincent, Elio, and Michele review how horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to an insect genome enables a tripartite ne... Read more
7 Aug 2013
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59mins
Ranked #19
TWiM #50: These things aren’t even bacteria!
TWiM #50: These things aren’t even bacteria!
Vincent, Michael, and Stanley review the scientific career of Carl Woese.
30 Jan 2013
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #20
TWiM #141: Nutritional immunity and polymicrobial infections
TWiM #141: Nutritional immunity and polymicrobial infections
Jennifer joins Vincent, Elio, and Michael to talk about the work of her laboratory on how a respiratory virus enhances b... Read more
15 Dec 2016
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1hr 5mins
