Sub­way Snow­blow­ers and Men in Black – TWiM #127

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The TWiM team ex­plores mi­crobes in snow­blower vents on the ocean floor, and cleav­age of an­ti­body mol­e­cules by a My­coplasma pro­tease.

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

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Im­age: Pho­to­graph of the 'Sub­way' snow­blower vent on the sea floor at Ax­ial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Vis­i­ble are white 'snow' in the vent and or­ange floc on the seafloor. Credit: Cana­dian Sci­en­tific Sub­mersible Fa­cil­ity and the Uni­ver­sity of Wash­ing­ton.

Links for this episode

• Happy Birth­day, Elio!
• In the Com­pany of Mi­crobes
• Snow­blower vents (Front Mi­cro)
• Deep-sea snow­blower vents video (YouTube)
• Vi­sions 11 cruise pho­tos
• My­coplasma cap­ture and cleave IgG (PNAS)
• Snow­blower im­age (large)
• Let­ters read on TWiM 127

This episode is spon­sored by ASM Agar Art Con­test and ASM Grant Writ­ing Course.

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