281: Microbes Making Jet Fuel
TWiM explains the synthesis in bacteria of new energy-dense biofuels that can replace rocket and jet fuels, and the use of nanopore sequencing to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with serious infections.
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Links for this episode:
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Biosynthesis of high energy biofuels (Joule)
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Polyketide synthases in bacteria (PNAS)
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Sequencing for diagnosis of serious infections (mBio)
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Nanopore sequencing video (YouTube)
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Emerging human pathogen Kodamaea ohmeri (Front. 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
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TWiM explains the synthesis in bacteria of new energy-dense biofuels that can replace rocket and jet fuels, and the use of nanopore sequencing to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with serious infections.
Become a patron of TWiM.
Links for this episode:
-
Biosynthesis of high energy biofuels (Joule)
-
Polyketide synthases in bacteria (PNAS)
-
Sequencing for diagnosis of serious infections (mBio)
-
Nanopore sequencing video (YouTube)
-
Emerging human pathogen Kodamaea ohmeri (Front. 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
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