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TWiM #109: Precision killing
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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Aug 6, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The TWiM cohort discusses the use of antimicrobial peptides to target specific bacteria in the microbiome, and how the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia selectively kills male hosts.
Links for this episode:
Antimicrobial peptides to modulate microbial ecology (PNAS)
Targeting specific bacteria in the oral microbiome (Trends Micro)
How Wolbachiakills male hosts (PLoS Biol)
Wolbachia phage on TWiV 332
Image: Transmission electron micrograph of Wolbachia within an insect cell.
By: Scott O'Neill - Genome Sequence of the Intracellular Bacterium Wolbachia. PLoS Biol 2/3/2004: e76.
Links for this episode:
Antimicrobial peptides to modulate microbial ecology (PNAS)
Targeting specific bacteria in the oral microbiome (Trends Micro)
How Wolbachiakills male hosts (PLoS Biol)
Wolbachia phage on TWiV 332
Image: Transmission electron micrograph of Wolbachia within an insect cell.
By: Scott O'Neill - Genome Sequence of the Intracellular Bacterium Wolbachia. PLoS Biol 2/3/2004: e76.
Released:
Aug 6, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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