291: Biogeography of Tectonics and Teeth
TWiM explains how photoferrotrophic bacteria initiated plate tectonics over 2500 million years ago, and how two bacteria work together to cause childhood tooth decay.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, Petra Levin, Guest: Mark O. Martin Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Android, RSS, or by email.
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Links for this episode- Bacteria initiated plate tectonics (Geophys Res Lett)
- Medea hypothesis (Sci Am)
- Earth's ferrous wheel (Nature)
- The Great Dying (Nova)
- The Great Oxidation Event (ASM)
- Banded iron formations (EarthSphere)
- S. sputigena and tooth decay (Nat Comm)
- Acid tolerance mechanisms of S. mutans (Fut. Micro.)
- Halitosis patients' tongue biofilm (Microbiol. Open)
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Music used on TWiM is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv
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TWiM explains how photoferrotrophic bacteria initiated plate tectonics over 2500 million years ago, and how two bacteria work together to cause childhood tooth decay.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, Petra Levin, Guest: Mark O. Martin Subscribe to TWiM (free) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Android, RSS, or by email.
Become a patron of TWiM.
Links for this episode- Bacteria initiated plate tectonics (Geophys Res Lett)
- Medea hypothesis (Sci Am)
- Earth's ferrous wheel (Nature)
- The Great Dying (Nova)
- The Great Oxidation Event (ASM)
- Banded iron formations (EarthSphere)
- S. sputigena and tooth decay (Nat Comm)
- Acid tolerance mechanisms of S. mutans (Fut. Micro.)
- Halitosis patients' tongue biofilm (Microbiol. Open)
- Take the TWiM Listener survey!
Music used on TWiM is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv
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