TWiM #156: Gifted mi­crobes and de­fen­sive sym­bio­sis

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The TWiM team ex­plains the use of mi­cro­bial genome min­ing to iden­tify new drugs, and how a bac­te­r­ial sym­biont pro­tects flies against par­a­sitoid wasps.

 

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

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Links for this episode

• Mol­e­c­u­lar bea­cons iden­tify gifted mi­crobes (J An­tibiot) 

• De­fen­sive sym­bio­sis (PLoS Path)

• Let­ters read on TWiM 156

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