280: They Forget To Divide

<p>TWiM explains how magnesium modulates cell division frequency of a soil bacillus, and killing of fungi by <em>Acinetobacter baumannii</em> via a Type VI DNase Effector.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href="http://www.virology.ws/">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html"> Michael Schmidt</a>, <a title="" href= "https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/microbiology-immunology/michele-swanson-phd"> Michele Swanson</a>, and <a href= "https://biology.wustl.edu/people/petra-levin">Petra Levin</a></p> <p>Subscribe to TWiM (free) on <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL3R3aW0%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology-with-vincent-racaniello">Stitcher</a>, <a href="http://subscribeonandroid.com/twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/">Android</a>, <a href="http://twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/">RSS</a>, or by <a href="http://eepurl.com/Hu-U9">email.</a></p> <p>Become a <a href="http://www.patreon.com/microbetv">Patron of TWiM</a>!</p> <h2 id="links-for-this-episode">Links for this episode:</h2> <p>•<a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36515540/">Magnesium</a> modulates cell division frequency (J Bacteriol)<br /> •A. baumannii <a href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03420-22">kills fungi</a> (mBio)</p> <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>