294: You’ll Scream After Ice Cream

<p dir="ltr">TWiM reveals that the ice cream manufacturing environment harbors psychrotrophic bacteria, and identification of a deadly bacterial strain causing widespread deaths of newborns in Uganda.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href="https://twitter.com/profvrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Schmidt</a>, & <a href= "https://twitter.com/umichmichele" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Michele Swanson</a>.</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 href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.1128/aem.00765-23" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Pyschrotrophic bacteria in ice cream plants</a> (Appl Environ Micro)</li> <li>Creamery pays fine for <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/blue-bell-creameries-ordered-pay-1725-million-criminal-penalties-connection-2015-listeria" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contaminated ice cream</a> (US DOJ)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00106-4/fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paenibacillus infection of infants in Uganda</a> (The Lancet)</li> <li><a href= "https://medicine.yale.edu/neurosurgery/news-article/researchers-discover-new-bacterial-strain-causing-widespread-newborn-deaths-and-disease-in-uganda/?utm_source=YaleToday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YT_Yale%20Today%20Parents_7-24-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadly bacterial strain identified</a> (Yale SOM)</li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a><a href= "https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">y!</a></li> </ul> <p>Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href="mailto:twim@microbe.tv">twim@microbe.tv</a></p>