Episode 319
319: The Dark Side of the Rumen
This Week in Microbiology · Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin, Michele Swanson.
October 11, 202452m 3s
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Show Notes
TWiM explains a project to engineer the cow microbiome to reduce emissions of methane, and the finding of antibiotic resistance genes in the genomes of giant viruses.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode- Engineering the cow for less methane emissions (WaPo)
- Precision microbiome editing (Audacious Project)
- Giant viruses carry antibiotic resistance genes (Nat Commun)
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