TWiM reveals a Vibrio as the causative agent of sea star wasting disease, and using microcolony-seq to uncover phenotypic inheritance from single cells.

Hosts: Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson

Guest: Mark O. Martin

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Links for this episode:

• Agent of sea star wasting disease (Nat Ecol Evol)

• Sea star wasting mystery solved (Nat Ecol Evol)

• Phenotypic inheritance from single cells (Cell)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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TWiM explores the varied and distinct microbiome of trees, and an array of biopesticidal metabolites against mosquito larvae isolated from a Mediterranean island.

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Links for this episode:

• Microbiome of trees (Nature)

• Biopesticides from a Mediterranean island (Appl Environ Micro)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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TWiM pays tribute to Elio Schaechter, former TWiM host, blogger, and microbiologist extraordinaire, then reviews the finding that Archaea produce peptidoglycan hydrolases that kill bacteria - a form of competition.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and Petra Levin.

Guest Mark O. Martin.

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Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

• Elio Schaechter (Wikipedia)
• Elio Schaechter Funeral Service (video)
• Archaea produce peptidoglycan hydrolases that kill bacteria (PLoS Biol)
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