TWiM explains how movement of DNA among gut bacteria drive large-scale genome mosaicism, and validation of a method for detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in outbreak-linked fresh produce.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin

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Links for this episode:

• Natural DNA transformation in the gut (ISME J)

• The transformation factor (J Exp Med)

• Validating cyclospora assay (J Food Prot)

• Cyclosporiasis (CDC)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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TWiM explains the discovery of an avirulent bacterial signature associated with the development of recurrence following colorectal cancer surgery, and phage-derived proteins and conjugates that induce pilus detachment.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Petra Levin

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Links for this episode:

• Bacterial signature is associated with colon cancer recurrence (Nat Comm)

• Phage-derived proteins induce pilus detachment (J Bact)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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TWiM explains major implications of the link between plastic pollution and antimicrobial resistance, and the discovery of a new organelle, the nitrogen-fixing nitroplast.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson

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Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

• Plastic pollution and antimicrobial resistance (Appl Envir Micro)
• The great Pacific garbage patch (YouTube)
• Rumen microbiome (Nat Biotech)
• Nitrogen-fixing organelle in marine alga (Science)
• This cell just changed biology (YouTube)
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