286: Integrons and Invasion
May 05, 2023•53 min•Ep. 286
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Episode description
TWiM reveals environmental integrons, bacterial genetic elements notorious for their role in spreading antibiotic resistance, and how Salmonella invasion is controlled by competition among intestinal chemical signals.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.
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Links for this episode- Environmental integrons (Trends Micro)
- Integrons: agents of bacterial evolution (Nat Rev Micro)
- Rethinking microbial infallibility in the metagenomics era (Fems Micro
Music used on TWiM is by Ronald Jenkees.
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