This Week in Microbiology (TWiM) #5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cliff Mintz, Michael Schmidt, and Ronald Atlas. Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Ron discuss the genome sequqnce of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.

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Image of Biofilm of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans by PNNL - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via flickr

Links for this episode:

• Genome sequence of a mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio strain
• Dusulfovibrio commentary in ScienceDaily
• Review on the genus Desulfovibrio (pdf)
• Perturbation of an Artic soil microbe community by nanoparticles
• Nanoparticles and microbes - commentary at PopSci
• Biodegradeable nanosgtructures with antimicrobial activity
• Potential bacteriophage applications (Microbe)
• Letters read on TWiM #5

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