226: Two microbes you might not know

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TWiM presents two unusual microorganisms, <em>Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae</em>, heard by Elio in an episode of Doc Martin, and <em>Roseomonas mucosa</em>, which is being used to treat atopic dermatitis.</span></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> <p><strong>Links for this episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><em><a href= "http://www.antimicrobe.org/new/b76.asp"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae</span></a></em></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Treating</span> <a href= "https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/560/eaaz8631"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">atopic dermatitis</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">with</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">R. mucosa</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Sci Trans Med)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Overview of</span> <a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3069696/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> sphingolipid metabolism</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Adv Exp Med Biol)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections (</span><a href= "https://asm.org/Podcasts/MTM/Episodes/Lyme-Disease-and-Other-Tick-Borne-Infections-with"><span style="font-weight: 400;">MTM 118</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysipelothrix_rhusiopathiae#/media/File:Diseases_of_Swine_31-1.png"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credit</span></a></li> </ul> <p>Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission.</p> <p>Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv</p>