This Week In Evolution

Nels and Vincent look at the intracellular bacteria Legionella from an evolutionary perspective: the role of gene acquisition and reshuffling from plants, animals, fungi, and archaea in the emergence of human pathogens. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Over 18,000 effectors in Legionella genome (PNAS) Carmen Buchrieser lab Howard Shuman Science Picks  Nels - Science in Film (twitter) Vincent - Lunar Eclipse 101 Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv