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The Lancet Microbe in conversation with

The Lancet Microbe in conversation with

By: The Lancet Group
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Editors at The Lancet Microbe, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.

A monthly audio companion to this open access journal, this podcast covers a broad range of topics, from using probiotics to reduce Staphylococcus aureus, to phage therapy and monitoring antimicrobial resistance using faecal metagenomes, and more.

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  • Britt Koskella on bacteriophages as a signature of microbiome health

    Britt Koskella on bacteriophages as a signature of microbiome health
    Dec 22 2025

    Elena Dalla Vecchia of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Britt Koskella about bacteriophages and phageome, their role in modulating the bacteriome, their potential use as signatures of microbiome health and dysbiosis, and hence, indirectly, as markers of host health and disease status.

    From an ecological perspective, parasites (such as bacteriophages) are key drivers of the evolution of their hosts (bacteria), and so one might expect to find diverse and rich bacteriomes in the presence of a highly diverse and thriving microbiome: Britt has been exploring this possibility and discusses it in this episode.

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    27 mins
  • Christian Malaka and Livia Patrono on the surveillance of mpox in the Central African Republic

    Christian Malaka and Livia Patrono on the surveillance of mpox in the Central African Republic
    Nov 3 2025

    Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Dr Christian Malaka and Dr Livia Patrono on mpox in the Central African Republic and how researchers are using genomic surveillance to provide insights into the epidemiology of the virus.

    Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(25)00101-6/fulltext

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    33 mins
  • Sam Lipworth and Nicole Stoesser on genotypic and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli

    Sam Lipworth and Nicole Stoesser on genotypic and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli
    Oct 7 2025

    Elena Dalla Vecchia talks with Dr Sam Lipworth and Prof Nicole Stoesser about the challenges and variability in genotypic predictions of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli, about which they have published two papers in The Lancet Microbe: “Exploring uncatalogued genetic variation in antimicrobial resistance gene families in Escherichia coli: an observational analysis” and “Estimating the association of antimicrobial resistance genes with minimum inhibitory concentration in Escherichia coli, an observational study”.

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    25 mins
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