TWiM #97: There's gold in them hills
This Week in Microbiology · American Society for Microbiology
February 4, 20151h 14m
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.libsyn.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
The TWiM team reveal how bacteria in a shipworm’s gills help digest wood in the gut, and an approach that identifies a new antibiotic from the soil.
Links for this episode:
-
Gill bacteria enable a novel digestive strategy (PNAS)
-
Killing bacteria without resistance (Nature)
-
An irresistable newcomer (Nature)
-
Peptidoglycan synthesis animation
-
10 x 20 initiative (IDSA)
- Longitude Prize
Visit microbeworld.org/twim for more.