TWiM #19: Your microbiome is what you eat

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TWiM #19: Your microbiome is what you eat

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Nov 2, 2011

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Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Jo discuss the genome sequence of Y. pestis from victims of the Black Death, and the effect of diet on gut microbial enterotypes.

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Nov 2, 2011

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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.

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TWiM # 8: Live in NOLA: Vincent, Michael, and Stanley recorded TWiM #8 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, with guests Andreas Baümler, Nicole Dubilier, and Paul Rainey. They spoke about how pathogens benefit from disease, symbioses between... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #16: ICAAC Live: On episode #16 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, Arturo, Stuart, and David converse about antimicrobial resistance and why most fungi do not cause disease at the 51st Interscience Conference... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4: Vincent, Michael, and Cliff review the outbreak of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in Germany caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #2: The plague, microbial virulence and the gut microbiome: Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria control body weight and metabolic activity. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #1: Neisseria LINEs up: On episode #1 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael, and Stan discuss transfer of DNA from a human host to a bacterial pathogen, and the ability of dry copper to kill bacteria on contact. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #12: Photothermal nanoblades and genome engineering: Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the use of photothermal nanoblades to dissect the Burkholderia intracellular life cycle, and manipulation of chromosomes in vivo for genome-wide codon replacement in E. coli. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #10: A symbiotic cloaking device: On episode #10 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Margaret, Elio, Michael and Dickson discuss the symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the luminous, gram-negative bacterium Vibrio fischeri. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #39: What Darwin never knew: Vincent, Michael, and Elio reviews chapters from Microbes and Evolution, a collection of short, personal essays by microbiologists. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #3: Anthrax, genomics and the FBI inquiry: Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #4: Cantaloupes and Salmonella gastroenteritis: Vincent, Cliff, Margaret, and Michael review foodborne bacterial illness in the context of outbreaks associated with cantaloupes and Lebanon bologna. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles: Vincent, Ron, Cliff, and Michael discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #11: Chickens, antibiotics, and asthma: Vincent, Margaret, Michael and Elio review the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase genes in chicken meat and in humans, and a beneficial effect of Helicobacter pylori colonization on the development of allergen-induced asthma. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #7: Cycles of life and death, light and dark: Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #15: Microbial long distance relationships: On episode #15 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael and Jo review the number of species on Earth, evidence that the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak originated in Nepal, and how gut microbiota influence the immune response to... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #6: Antibacterial therapy with bacteriophage: Reality or fiction?: Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Elio review the use of bacteriophages to manage infections, and the presence of antibiotic resistance genes in the bacteriophage from urban sewage and river water. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #19: Your microbiome is what you eat: Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Jo discuss the genome sequence of Y. pestis from victims of the Black Death, and the effect of diet on gut microbial enterotypes. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #14: Vomocytosis and microbial transistors: On episode #14 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Margaret, Michael and Elio review how the fungus Cryptococcus escapes from macrophages, and electrical conductivity in nanowires formed by the bacterium Geobacter. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #21: Symbiotic margheritas: Vincent and Elio discuss ancient symbiosis between Alphaproteobacteria and catenulid flatworms, and a toxin from Helicobacter pylori that engages the mitochondrial fission machinery to induce host cell death. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM 31: Screen door on a submarine: Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jo Handelsman, and Michael Schmidt Vincent, Jo, and Michael discuss an archetypal protein transport system in bacterial outer membranes, and evidence that gut microbial enterotypes might not fall into... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #17: Debugging endosymbiosis: Vincent, Michael, and Elio focus on endosymbiosis: the rapid spread of Ricekttsia in whitefiles, and a metabolic patchwork in nested symbionts of mealybugs. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #40: A mecca for microbiology: **MicrobeWorld app users, click the "e" symbol in the bottom right corner of this description to watch a bonus video version of this episode!** Vincent and Stanley meet with Waclaw Szybalski and John Kirby at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on the... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #54: Dueling injectors and the microgenderome: Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how sex-dependent differences in the mouse microbiome regulate type I diabetes, and counterattack among bacteria. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #29: Death and an iron-loaded spike: On episode #29 of the podcast, Vincent and Stanley review how a phage pierces the cell membrane with an iron-loaded spike, and two programmed cell death systems in E. coli. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #13: Probiotics and inflammasomes: Telling good bacteria from the bad: On episode #13 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Stanley, Jo, Michael and Elio discuss how colonic microbial ecology and risk for colitis are regulated by an inflammasome, and amelioration of intestinal inflammation in mice by delivery of... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #22: Microbiology 911: Vincent and Michael speak with Alfred Sacchetti, MD, Chief of Emergency Services at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, about microbial infections encountered in the emergency room. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #38: The sound of whooping cough: Vincent, Jo, Michael, and Elio review an outbreak of pertussis in Washington, and how culturing can reveal rare members of the soil biosphere. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #37: Microbial Jekyll and Hyde: Vincent, Jo, Michael, and Elio discuss two examples of dynamic microbial symbioses that switch between mutualistic and pathogenic states. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #44: Phage interruptus: Vincent, Michael, Elio discuss the role of prophage excision in exit of Listeria from the phagosome, and analysis of bacterial communities in saliva. by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #33: Tuning the immune organ: Vincent, Michael, and Ivo review the requirement for segmented, filamentous bacteria for the induction of a specific type of helper T cell in the gut. Links for this episode: Induction of Th17 cells by segmented filamentous bacteria... by This Week in Microbiology
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TWiM #35: Ohne hauch: Vincent, Michael, and Elio review necrotizing fasciitis, and a link between surface remodeling in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. by This Week in Microbiology
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