301: Another Year is Microbial
Jan 03, 2024•47 min•Ep. 301
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Episode description
A highly reduced TWiM team presents a study of the use of phage diversity in cell-free DNA to identify bacterial pathogens in human sepsis cases, and the evolution, persistence, and host adaptation of a gonococcal antimicrobial resistance plasmid that emerged in the pre-antibiotic era.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Petra Levin
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Links for this episode- Phages identify sepsis pathogens (Nat Micro)
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