292: Breast Milk Bioactives
292: Breast Milk Bioactives
TWiM reveals that breast milk bioactives are essential for development of the infant microbiome and immunity, and how ca... Read more
11 Aug 2023
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58mins
291: Biogeography of Tectonics and Teeth
291: Biogeography of Tectonics and Teeth
TWiM explains how photoferrotrophic bacteria initiated plate tectonics over 2500 million years ago, and how two bacteria... Read more
29 Jul 2023
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1hr 1min
290: Houston, We Have Mimi Goldschmidt
290: Houston, We Have Mimi Goldschmidt
From ASM Microbe 2023 in Houston, TWiM speaks with Mimi Goldschmidt about her remarkable career in microbiology which in... Read more
14 Jul 2023
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47mins
289: Viral Defense and Counter-Defense
289: Viral Defense and Counter-Defense
TWiM highlights viral defense and counter-defense: cGAS mediated ubiquitination to counter infection, and viral sponges ... Read more
30 Jun 2023
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57mins
288: Cancer and E. coli
288: Cancer and E. coli
TWiM describes a potential connection between a bacterial protein that damages DNA, and human cancers, and how to synthe... Read more
9 Jun 2023
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1hr 6mins
287: When Replicas Do Not Replicate
287: When Replicas Do Not Replicate
TWiM investigates the high variability in the rate and amount of current production from microbial fuel cells, and how b... Read more
20 May 2023
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51mins
286: Integrons and Invasion
286: Integrons and Invasion
TWiM reveals environmental integrons, bacterial genetic elements notorious for their role in spreading antibiotic resist... Read more
5 May 2023
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52mins
285: How Plague Got Deadly
285: How Plague Got Deadly
TWiM reveals a new type of satellite virus that requires only phage tails for producing infectious virus particles, and ... Read more
23 Apr 2023
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1hr 11mins
284: Flies, Pigs, and Squid
284: Flies, Pigs, and Squid
TWiM reveals housefly dispersal of antimicrobial resistant bacteria, and a reproductive organ in squid linked to symbi... Read more
8 Apr 2023
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55mins
283: Quorum Sensing In The Gut
283: Quorum Sensing In The Gut
TWiM reveals quorum-sensing systems that regulate intestinal inflammation and permeability caused by P. aeruginosa, and ... Read more
24 Mar 2023
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58mins