245: Bacteria that protect bees from fungi

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, how polysaccharides keep cyanobacteria afloat in the oceans so that they can carry out photosynthesis, and a symbiotic bacterium that protects honey bees from fungal infections.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Become a <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/microbetv">Patron of TWiM</a>!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links for this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bacterial blooms and</span> <a href="https://elifesciences.org/articles/66538"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">polysaccharides</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(eLife)</span></li> <li><a href= "https://elifesciences.org/articles/70327?utm_source=content_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_content=fulltext&utm_campaign=21-June-21-elife-alert"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Social life</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of cyanobacteria (eLife)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bacteria that</span> <a href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00503-21"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">protect bees from fungi</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(mBio)</span></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/6-tqiaPoS2U"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">First 21 days</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of a bee’s life (YouTube)</span></li> <li><a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125804/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> antiSMASH</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(Nucl Acids Res)</span></li> <li><span>Delaney Miller’s</span> <a href= "https://delaney-l-miller.weebly.com/"><span>website</span></a></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</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">twim@microbe.