Today, Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Julia van Kessel of Indiana University will chat with us about how groups of bacteria can sense one another and carry out behavior as a collective…including some kinds of disease! Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Danielle Campbell Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode Here is a link to a wonderful review article by Dr. Campbell describing the role that the microbiome can have on viral infections. Here is a link to a a publication describing the Salyersviridae, as described by Dr. Campbell. I wrote an essay about Abigail Salyers here. Here and here can be found more biographical information about Dr. Salyer’s contribution to microbiology, and the remarkable life she led. A description of the career changing Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.   A link to the Baldrige Laboratory at Washington University of St. Louis, where Dr. Campbell is a postdoctoral scholar. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com