TWiM #132: Bac­te­ria learn long di­vi­sion

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Vin­cent, Elio, and Michele present cell di­vi­sion by lon­gi­tu­di­nal scis­sion in an in­sect sym­biont, and ther­mally ac­ti­vated charge trans­port in mi­cro­bial nanowires.

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Au­dio player thumb­nail im­age: SEM of S. poul­sonii ex­tracted from 1‑week-old Spiro­plasma-in­fected fe­male flies.

Links for this episode

• Cell di­vi­sion by lon­gi­tu­di­nal scis­sion (mBio)
• Bac­terium learns long di­vi­sion (STC)
• Charge trans­port by mi­cro­bial nanowires (Sci Rep)
• Mech­a­nism of nanowire con­duc­tance (Nat Comm)
• Us­ing na­ture to grow bat­ter­ies (TED)
• SEM of Y‑shaped S. poul­sonii (in au­dio player) — Im­age credit
• Ex­tra­cel­lu­lar elec­tron trans­port (be­low) — im­age credit
• Let­ters read on TWiM 132

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