222: Biosensors in bacteria

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark Martin joins TWiM to describe nano-sized parasitic bacteria that inhabit humans, and the construction of whole-cell biosensors for detecting arsenic in drinking water.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hosts: <a href= "http://www.virology.ws/">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/">Elio Schaechter</a>, and <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html"> Michael Schmidt</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guest:</span> <a href= "https://www.pugetsound.edu/faculty-pages/momartin"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mark O. Martin</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Subscribe to TWiM (free) on</span> <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846&ls=1https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846?mt=2&ls=1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple Podcasts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aW1zaG93Lm1pY3JvYmV3b3JsZC5saWJzeW5wcm8uY29tLw%3D%3D"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Podcasts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href="http://subscribeonandroid.com/twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Android</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "http://twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">RSS</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or by</span> <a href="http://eepurl.com/Hu-U9"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">email.</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Become a</span> <a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">patron</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of TWiM.</span></p> <h2><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/retrieve/pii/S2211124720309207?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com