Phages Fortify Friendly Fighters - BacterioFiles 336
Unfolding relaxases and soil malacidins - TWiM 172
Culture-independent discovery of malacidin antibiotics, and unfolding of relaxase during bacterial conjugation.
Siderophores: A treatment target?
Siderophores are essential for bacterial pathogenesis—does that make them a weakness for researchers to exploit?
Dried and wrinkled, smooth and mucoid - TWiM 129
The arrival in the US of plasmid-mediated resistance to colistin antibiotics, a last line of defense against many gram-negative bacilli, and a quorum sensing system in a eukaryote are topics of this episode hosted by Vincent, Michael, and Michele.
Missing Microbes with Dr. Martin Blaser - MWV 102
Missing Microbes with Dr. Martin Blaser
Dr. Blaser speaks about his book "Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling Our Modern Plagues."
A fused, single-subunit bacterial ribosome with Alexander Mankin and Michael Jewett - MMP 6
Recent success in joining the 30S and 50S bacterial ribosomal subunits into a single, functioning entity and the implications of that work in terms of making specialized proteins and for studying antibiotics that target the ribosome.
Antibiotic Stewardship: Saving Drugs, Saving Money - ICAAC 2014
Antibiotic Compound from Wasp Venom - ASM Live 2013
Mastoparan, a natural, highly positively charged AMP derived from the venom of wasps, is a highly effective antibacterial agent and is therefore a potential alternative to currently antibiotics. Participants discuss the potential of this new compound as well as the increasing understanding of the role antibiotics play in nature.
Antibiotic Exposure, The Microbiome and Obesity
Participants discuss variables involved in the development of the infant microbiome and how it affects adult metabolism and body composition in mouse models.