TWiM 254: Episym­bionts Are Good For You

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Mark Mar­tin re­turns to TWiM for a dis­cus­sion of the ob­ser­va­tion that Gram's stain does not cross the bac­te­r­ial cy­to­plas­mic mem­brane, and sup­pres­sion of gin­gi­val in­flam­ma­tion and bone loss through host mod­u­la­tion caused by episym­bi­otic Sac­cha­rib­ac­te­ria.

Hosts: Vin­cent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swan­son and Elio Schaechter.

Guest: Mark O. Mar­tin

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Links for this episode

• Gram's stain does not cross cy­to­plas­mic mem­brane (ACS Chem Biol)
• Gram stain pro­to­col (pdf)
• Chem­i­cal  mech­a­nism of Gram's stain (J Bact)
• Episym­bi­otic Sac­cha­rib­ac­te­ria sup­press dis­ease (Host Cell Mi­crobe)
• Mi­croedu list­serve
• TWiM Lis­tener sur­vey

  

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