Synopsis
This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth.
Episodes
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![TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles]()
TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles
20/04/2011 Duration: 01h15minVincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.
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![TWiM #4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis]()
TWiM #4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis
06/04/2011 Duration: 01h14minVincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna.
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![TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry]()
TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry
23/03/2011 Duration: 01h27sVincent, 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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![TWiM #2: The plague, microbial virulence and the gut microbiome]()
TWiM #2: The plague, microbial virulence and the gut microbiome
09/03/2011 Duration: 01h15minVincent, 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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![TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up]()
TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up
23/02/2011 Duration: 01h03minOn 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.
