266: Bacteria That Can Record

<p dir="ltr">TWiM explains how spindle-shaped Archaeal viruses evolved from rod-shaped ancestors to package a larger genome, and transcriptional recording by CRISPR acquisition from RNA.</p> <p>Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM.</p> <h2><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h2> <ul> <li>From <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35325592/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rods to spindles</a> (Cell)</li> <li><a href= "https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0092867422001994-mmc3.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spindle-shaped virus movie</a> (Cell)</li> <li><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm6038" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bacteria that record</a> (Science)</li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0569-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transcriptional recording with CRISPR</a> (Nature)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-266-letters/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Letters read on TWiM 266</a></li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">TWiM Listener survey</a></li> </ul>