TWiM #120: Snakes in trouble
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Elio Schaechter.
Vincent and Elio marvel in the finding that a phage tail-like structure from a marine bacterium stimulates tubeworm metamorphosis, and reveal Ophidiomyces as a cause of snake fungal disease.
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Links for this episode- Tubeworm metamorphosis by phage tail-like structures (Science)
- Cell enzyme becomes viral capsid protein (virology blog)
- Snake fungal disease in the laboratory (mBioi)
- Snake fungal disease in cottonmouths (PLoS Biol)
- Snake fungal disease (pdf)
- Image credit
This episode is sponsored by ASM Grant Writing Institute Online Webinar and 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twim@twiv.tv.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Elio Schaechter.
Vincent and Elio marvel in the finding that a phage tail-like structure from a marine bacterium stimulates tubeworm metamorphosis, and reveal Ophidiomyces as a cause of snake fungal disease.
Subscribe to TWiM (free) on iTunes, Stitcher, Android, RSS, or by email. You can also listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app.
Links for this episode- Tubeworm metamorphosis by phage tail-like structures (Science)
- Cell enzyme becomes viral capsid protein (virology blog)
- Snake fungal disease in the laboratory (mBioi)
- Snake fungal disease in cottonmouths (PLoS Biol)
- Snake fungal disease (pdf)
- Image credit
This episode is sponsored by ASM Grant Writing Institute Online Webinar and 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twim@twiv.tv.
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