Episode 256
256: Antiviral Hotspots and Desiccation Tolerance
This Week in Microbiology · Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson
May 20, 202256m 48s
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Show Notes
TWiM explains the discovery of hotspots of genetic variation containing reservoirs of anti-phage systems in E. coli phages and their parasitic satellites, and pathogen desiccation tolerance promoted by hydrophilins.
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