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191: By the pulp of their teeth
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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
The TWiM team reveals the oldest human plague from 4,900 years ago in Sweden, and engineering E. coli to become an endosymbiont in yeast, modeling the evolution of mitochondria. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Android, RSS, or by email. Get the entire ASM Podcast Network via our Microbeworld app. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Oldest human plague from 4,900 years ago (PNAS) Engineering yeast endosymbionts (PNAS) Letters read on TWiM 191 TWiM Listener survey Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to "mailto:twim@microbe.tv">twim@microbe.tv
Released:
Dec 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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