269: Bacterial But Not Microbial

<p dir="ltr">TWiM reviews discovery of a bacterium that is visible to the naked eye, and reversible resistance to bacteriophage by shedding of the bacterial cell wall.</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>A <a href= "https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.adc9387" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">bacterium that is not a microbe</a> (Science)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-261/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Overwhelming microbial greatness</a> (TWiM 261)</li> <li><a href="http://kholoski.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Medical illustrator Kellie Holoski</a></li> <li><a href= "https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.210379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bacteriophage resistance</a> by shedding cell wall (Open Biol)</li> <li>Who came first, <a href= "https://ecoevocommunity.nature.com/posts/who-came-first-monoderms-or-diderms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">monderms or diderms?</a> (Nat Ecol Evol)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-269-letters/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Letters read on TWiM 269</a></li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a>y!</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>Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href= "mailto:twim@microbe.tv">twim@microbe.tv</a></p>