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TWiM #107: The battle in your bladder
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Length:
91 minutes
Released:
Jul 9, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Michael Schmidt.
Vincent and Michael discuss the highly diverse microbiome of uncontacted Amerindians, and how the composition of human urine plays a role in the battle for iron.
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Links for this episode
Microbiome of uncontacted Amerindians (Sci Adv)
Urinary composition controls siderocalin activity (J Biol Chem)
Urine acidity and UTI susceptibility (Infect Cont Today)
Image (from pdb file 3cmp) shows siderocalin (magenta) complexed
with iron (orange) and enterobactin (sticks)
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twim@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twim.
Vincent and Michael discuss the highly diverse microbiome of uncontacted Amerindians, and how the composition of human urine plays a role in the battle for iron.
Subscribe to TWiM (free) on iTunes, via RSS feed, by email or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app.
Links for this episode
Microbiome of uncontacted Amerindians (Sci Adv)
Urinary composition controls siderocalin activity (J Biol Chem)
Urine acidity and UTI susceptibility (Infect Cont Today)
Image (from pdb file 3cmp) shows siderocalin (magenta) complexed
with iron (orange) and enterobactin (sticks)
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twim@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twim.
Released:
Jul 9, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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