TWiV 804: A tangled web of viruses with Mya Breitbart
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 804
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Episode description
Virus hunter Mya Breitbart joins TWiV to describe her laboratory’s work on viruses in spiders, insects, millipedes, freshwater springs, seawater, plants, human feces and much more.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier
Guest: Mya Breitbart
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Links for this episode- Viruses of spinybacked orbweavers (J Gen Virol)
- Viruses of terrestrial arthropods (PeerJ)
- Pepper mild mottle virus in sewage (PLoS Path)
- Environmental DNA in marine community (Nat Comm)
- Viral community of freshwater springs (mBio)
- Phage puppet masters in the oceans (Nat Micro)
- Letters read on TWiV 804
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Official-Droodles-Home
Alan – The 31st First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony video (and the text version)
Vincent – Biden’s federal and business vaccine mandates
Anonymous – The Ivermectin Episode – Behind the Bastards
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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