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259: Sea Sawdust

259: Sea Sawdust

FromThis Week in Microbiology


259: Sea Sawdust

FromThis Week in Microbiology

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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Mark Martin returns to TWiM for a discussion of the frightening global burden of bacterial antibiotic resistance, and a solution to the problem of daylight nitrogen fixation in a cyanobacterium, despite the incompatibility of nitrogenase with oxygen produced during photosynthesis. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Global bacterial antimicrobial resistance (Nat Micro) Cancer moon shot (NCI) When antibiotics don’t work (TED) Cyanobacterium buoyancy (Nat Micro) 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:
Feb 14, 2022
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.