TWiM explains Pasteur’s relentless hunt for microbes in the air, and how bacteria hunt for prey by ixotrophy - using grappling hooks! Hosts: <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Schmidt</a>, <a href= "https://biology.wustl.edu/people/petra-levin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Petra Levin</a> and <a href= "https://medschool.umich.edu/profile/2682/michele-s-swanson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michele Swanson</a>. Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission. Links for this episode <ul> <li>Pasteur’s hunt for <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/science/airborne-louis-pasteur-germs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">microbes in the air</a> (NYTimes)</li> <li><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp0614" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bacterial predation by ixotrophy</a> (Science)</li> <li><a href= "https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/02/enter-the-pirates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enter the pirates</a> (STC)</li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a><a href= "https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">y!</a></li> </ul> Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href= "mailto:twim@microbe.tv">twim@microbe.tv</a>

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