281: Microbes Making Jet Fuel
This Week in Microbiology · Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, Petra Levin
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Show Notes
TWiM explains the synthesis in bacteria of new energy-dense biofuels that can replace rocket and jet fuels, and the use of nanopore sequencing to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with serious infections.
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Links for this episode:
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Biosynthesis of high energy biofuels (Joule)
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Polyketide synthases in bacteria (PNAS)
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Sequencing for diagnosis of serious infections (mBio)
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Nanopore sequencing video (YouTube)
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Emerging human pathogen Kodamaea ohmeri (Front. Micro)
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