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TWiM #119: Power of one
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Jan 16, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter.
The microbophiles investigate the ratio of bacterial to human cells in our bodies, and how placing solar panels on a bacterium enables it to carry out photosynthesis.
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Links for this episode
Revised estimates of human and bacterial cells in the body (biorxiv)
Power of ten (Small Things Considered)
Solar-to-chemical production in bacteria (Science)
Letters read on TWiM 119
This episode is sponsored by ASM Grant Writing Institute Online Webinar and 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twim@twiv.tv.
Thumbnail image: Cell structure of a gram positive bacterium. This vector image is completely made by Ali Zifan - Own work; used information from Biology 10e Textbook (chapter 4, Pg: 63) by: Peter Raven, Kenneth Mason, Jonathan Losos, Susan Singer · McGraw-Hill Education.
The microbophiles investigate the ratio of bacterial to human cells in our bodies, and how placing solar panels on a bacterium enables it to carry out photosynthesis.
Subscribe to TWiM (free) on iTunes, Stitcher, Android, RSS, or by email. You can also listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app.
Links for this episode
Revised estimates of human and bacterial cells in the body (biorxiv)
Power of ten (Small Things Considered)
Solar-to-chemical production in bacteria (Science)
Letters read on TWiM 119
This episode is sponsored by ASM Grant Writing Institute Online Webinar and 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twim@twiv.tv.
Thumbnail image: Cell structure of a gram positive bacterium. This vector image is completely made by Ali Zifan - Own work; used information from Biology 10e Textbook (chapter 4, Pg: 63) by: Peter Raven, Kenneth Mason, Jonathan Losos, Susan Singer · McGraw-Hill Education.
Released:
Jan 16, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
TWiM #21: Symbiotic margheritas: Vincent and Elio discuss ancient symbiosis between Alphaproteobacteria and catenulid flatworms, and a toxin from Helicobacter pylori that engages the mitochondrial fission machinery to induce host cell death. by This Week in Microbiology