232: Microbial nanowires

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TWiM explores the use of a bacterial protein to make highly conductive microbial nanowires, and how modulin proteins seed the formation of amyloid, a key component of S. aureus biofilms.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Subscribe to TWiM (free) on</span> <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846&ls=1https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846?mt=2&ls=1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple Podcasts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aW1zaG93Lm1pY3JvYmV3b3JsZC5saWJzeW5wcm8uY29tLw%3D%3D"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Podcasts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href="http://subscribeonandroid.com/twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Android</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "http://twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">RSS</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or by</span> <a href="http://eepurl.com/Hu-U9"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">email.</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Become a</span> <a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">patron</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of TWiM.</span></p> <h2><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://elifesciences.org/articles/59776"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Amyloid formation for S. aureus biofilms</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(eLife)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Highly conductive</span> <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-020-0623-9"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">microbial nanowires</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Nat Chem Biol)</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uncovering</span> <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-020-00655-9"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nature’s ele