235: Green algae and fatty acids

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, how DNA of giant viruses has contributed extensively to the genome of green algae, and inhibition of</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">E. coli</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">virulence by a metabolic product of arachidonic acid in the intestinal epithelium.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links for this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2924-2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Giant viral DNA</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">shapes genomes of green algae (Nature)</span></li> <li><a href= "https://www.unl.edu/virologycenter/james-van-etten-phd"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> James Van Etten</span></a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-42333-7"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Darwin’s Radio</span></a></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://mbio.asm.org/content/12/1/e03247-20">Arachidonic acid</a> and <em>E. coli</em> virulence (mBio)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How a pathogenic <em>E. coli</em> <a href= "https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/how-pathogenic-e-coli-infection-begins"> infection begins</a></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by</span> <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ronald Jenkees</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and used with permission.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv</span></p>