TWiM #77: Zombie plants and no pain, no gain

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TWiM #77: Zombie plants and no pain, no gain

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May 1, 2014

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Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michelle review how a pathogen promotes plant attractiveness to insect vectors, and activation of sensory neurons that modulate pain and inflammation by bacterial infection.

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May 1, 2014

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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.

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TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up: On episode #1 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael, and Stan discuss transfer of DNA from a human host to a bacterial pathogen, and the ability of dry copper to kill bacteria on contact. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry: Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM 31: Screen door on a submarine: Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jo Handelsman, and Michael Schmidt Vincent, Jo, and Michael discuss an archetypal protein transport system in bacterial outer membranes, and evidence that gut microbial enterotypes might not fall into... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #10: A symbiotic cloaking device: On episode #10 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Margaret, Elio, Michael and Dickson discuss the symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the luminous, gram-negative bacterium Vibrio fischeri. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #35: Ohne hauch: Vincent, Michael, and Elio review necrotizing fasciitis, and a link between surface remodeling in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #13: Probiotics and inflammasomes: Telling good bacteria from the bad: On episode #13 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Jo, Michael and Elio discuss how colonic microbial ecology and risk for colitis are regulated by an inflammasome, and amelioration of intestinal inflammation in mice by delivery of... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles: Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #7: Cycles of life and death, light and dark: Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #15: Microbial long distance relationships: On episode #15 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael and Jo review the number of species on Earth, evidence that the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak originated in Nepal, and how gut microbiota influence the immune response to... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #12: Photothermal nanoblades and genome engineering: Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the use of photothermal nanoblades to dissect the Burkholderia intracellular life cycle, and manipulation of chromosomes in vivo for genome-wide codon replacement in E. coli. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM # 8: Live in NOLA: Vincent, Michael, and Stanley recorded TWiM #8 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, with guests Andreas Baümler, Nicole Dubilier, and Paul Rainey. They spoke about how pathogens benefit from disease, symbioses between... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #19: Your microbiome is what you eat: Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Jo discuss the genome sequence of Y. pestis from victims of the Black Death, and the effect of diet on gut microbial enterotypes. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #17: Debugging endosymbiosis: Vincent, Michael, and Elio focus on endosymbiosis: the rapid spread of Ricekttsia in whitefiles, and a metabolic patchwork in nested symbionts of mealybugs. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #18: Escherichia coli K-12, an emerging pathogen?: Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Stanley explain how to make the human intestinal commensal and benign laboratory bacterium Escherichia coli K-12 into an invasive organism, and the unearthing of century-old spores in New York City. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #14: Vomocytosis and microbial transistors: On episode #14 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Margaret, Michael and Elio review how the fungus Cryptococcus escapes from macrophages, and electrical conductivity in nanowires formed by the bacterium Geobacter. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4: Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review the outbreak of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in Germany caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #6: Antibacterial therapy with bacteriophage: Reality or fiction?: Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Elio review the use of bacteriophages to manage infections, and the presence of antibiotic resistance genes in the bacteriophage from urban sewage and river water. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #29: Death and an iron-loaded spike: On episode #29 of the podcast, Vincent and Stanley review how a phage pierces the cell membrane with an iron-loaded spike, and two programmed cell death systems in E. coli. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #11: Chickens, antibiotics, and asthma: Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in chicken meat and in humans, and a beneficial effect of Helicobacter pylori colonization on the development of allergen-induced asthma. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #39: What Darwin never knew: Vincent, Michael, and Elio reviews chapters from Microbes and Evolution, a collection of short, personal essays by microbiologists. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #20: Facebook for bacteria: On episode #20 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, and Elio follow up on the outbreaks of E. coli in Germany and cholera in Haiti, then discuss genes that confer self-identity to Proteus mirabilis. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #26: Suum cuique: Vincent, Elio, and Michael discuss the finding of Sutterella species in the gut of autistic children, and methods for cultivating oral bacteria. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #61: The irony of probiotics: Vincent, Elio, and Michele review how horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to an insect genome enables a tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis, and how probiotic bacteria work by competing for iron in the intestine. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #16: ICAAC Live: On episode #16 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, Arturo, Stuart, and David converse about antimicrobial resistance and why most fungi do not cause disease at the 51st Interscience Conference... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #27: An inflamed gut is good for Salmonella: Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how inflammation allows Salmonella to compete with fermenting gut microbes, and a riboswitch in bacterial and Archeal species that is triggered by fluoride. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #24: This year in microbiology: Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review ten compelling microbiology stories from 2011. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #36: Domesticating a pathogen: Vincent, Michael, and Elio explore the origin of Mycoplasma pathogens of ruminants, and share their thoughts on the recent ASM General Meeting. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #77: Zombie plants and no pain, no gain

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