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    231: It’s a microbe-eat-microbe world

    231: It’s a microbe-eat-microbe world

    FromThis Week in Microbiology

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    231: It’s a microbe-eat-microbe world

    FromThis Week in Microbiology

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    Length:
    55 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 10, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Mark Martin returns to TWiM for a discussion of a predatory bacterium appropriately named Vampirococcus lugosii, and Elio reveals how bacteria can be used on the International Space Station to efficiently extract rare earth elements in microgravity. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Space Station biomining (Nat Comm) Reductive evolution in a predatory bacterium (bioRxiv) Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv  
    Released:
    Dec 10, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    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.