TWiM #75: Pel­li­cles on Pickle Jars

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

Vin­cent, Elio, Michael, and Michele dis­cuss a sym­bio­sis be­tween two bac­te­ria that in­creases the vir­u­lence of oral biofilms, and the as­sem­bly of amy­loid fibers, which are needed for biofilm for­ma­tion.

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