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TWiV explains research showing how temperate phages enhance bacterial host fitness via RNA-guided flagellar remodelling, and that IgA antibody is necessary and sufficient to prevent norovirus infection in mice.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey
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Links for this episode- Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) Fred Murphy passes away (X) US has lost its hold on measles elimination (CIDRAP) What’s in the genetic code of America’s measles outbreaks (ProPublica) Did Pete Hegseth single-handedly raise the R₀ of flu? (Inside Medicine) Fred Murphy’s Virus Images and Foundations of Virology (UTMB) Temperate phages and RNA-guided flagellar remodelling (Nat Micro) Eukaryotic RNA guided system (Nature) IgA prevents norovirus infection in mice (Sci Transl Med) Craig Wilen’s letter to TWiV (TWiV 492) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Brianne – APod June 26: Milky Way Urban Style
Rich – Your birth order affects your future, but not for the reason you think; Dr. McCoy
Jolene – Bakteriopolis paper and site
Vincent – The Claude Shutdown Is a Total Sh*tshow
Martin – Ancient text charred by Vesuvius read for first time in 2,000 years
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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