This Week in Microbiology (TWiM) #20: Facebook for bacteria

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter.

On episode #20 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, and Elio follow up on the outbreaks of E. coli in Germany and cholera in Haiti, then discuss genes that confer self-identity to Proteus mirabilis.

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Links for this episode:

• German outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 associated with sprouts (NEJM)
• South Asia not Nepal may be source of Haitian cholera strain (mBio)
• Identity gene expression in Proteus mirabilis (J. Bacteriol.)
• Proteus swarm movie (YouTube)
• Proteus moves at a speed of 4 x 10-5 mph
• Education resources at ASM
• Letters read on TWiM #20

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