This Week in Microbiology

TWiM explains how S. aureus pathogenicity is a dynamic, niche-specific choreography that constantly recalibrates in response to the host microenvironment, and short chain fatty acids produced by commensal microbiota reduces its competitive fitness.
 
Hosts: Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and Petra Levin.

Guest: Mark O. Martin
 
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Niche-specific fitness of S. aureus at the wound edge (Nat Comm)

Commensal derived short chain fatty acids attenuate S. aureus (mBio)

Ditch the term pathogen (Nature)


 
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TWiM explains how competition for nutrients anticipates and potentially mitigate drug side effects on the gut microbiota, and metabolic control of porin permeability influences antibiotic resistance.
Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt and Petra Levin
Guest: Mark O. Martin
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Nutrient competition predicts drug effects on microbiota (Cell)

Metabolic control of porin permeability influences antibiotic resistance in E coli (Nat Micro)

Santiago Cano-Muniz

 
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TWiM explains a biological mechanism that links sulfur and iron cycling in anoxic environments, and "swashing," a form of surface movement in which bacteria migrate without active propulsion.
Hosts:  Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin
Guest: Mark O. Martin
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Links for this episode
Sulfur and iron cycling in anoxic environments (Nature)
Bacterial surface migration by swashing (J Bacteriol)
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TWiM reveals the bacteria, acids, and enzymes behind yogurt made with ants, and a defined set of microbes that reproduces attributes of fine flavor chocolate fermentation
 
Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Petra Levin


Guest: Mark O. Martin
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Making yogurt with ants (iScience)

The Alchemist Restaurant

How to make classic tuiles (MasterClass)

Defined microbes for chocolate (Nat Micro)

Microbial chocolatiers of fine flavour (Nat Micro)

Blind taste every chocolate bar (YouTube)


 
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
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TWiM explores two different ways that bacteria defend against phages through the synthesis of cyclic nucleotides.


Hosts:  Michael Schmidt and Mark O. Martin
 
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Decoy cyclic nucleotides in phage defense (Nature)

CRISPR defense with nucleotides (Nature)

A decoy defence molecule to set a trap for viruses (Nature)

Cyclic oligonucleotide-based antiphage signaling system immunity (Curr Opin Immunol)


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