209: Resuscitating persisters and flagellotrophic phage
Nov 14, 2019•58 min•Ep. 209
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more
Episode description
The TWiM team reveals how ribosome modification resuscitates bacterial persister cells, and explain how a phage tail fiber protein exploits rotation of flagella to move towards the cell membrane.
Become a patron of TWiM.
Links for this episode:
- Ribosome modification resuscitates persister cells (Environ Micro)
- Flagellotrophic phage targets host with tail fiber (Mol Micro)
- Hydrodynamics of phage migration along flagella (Phys Rev Fluids)
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
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android