TWiM explains two strategies for bacterial competition for resources: by laying down a slippery lipid and pushing away competitors, or by breaking open cells with a spike, liberating essential nutrients. Become a <a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute"> patron</a> of TWiM. Links for this episode: <ul style= "margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"> <li dir="ltr" style= "list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" aria-level="1"> Secreting a <a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.1128/mbio.01149-25"> slippery lipid</a> (mBio) </li> <li dir="ltr" style= "list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" aria-level="1"> Lysing neighboring cells for <a style= "text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr8286"> nutrients</a> (Science) </li> <li dir="ltr" style= "list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" aria-level="1"> Underwater <a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://youtu.be/SAukrpTEvZA?si=XfGN7biA21RCGdA1"> hockey</a> (YouTube </li> </ul> Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a style= "text-decoration: none;" href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/"> Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv

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