This Week in Microbiology

TWiM explains how competition for nutrients anticipates and potentially mitigate drug side... more

TWiM explains a biological mechanism that links sulfur and iron cycling in anoxic environm... more

TWiM reveals the bacteria, acids, and enzymes behind yogurt made with ants, and a defined ... more

TWiM explores two different ways that bacteria defend against phages through the synthesis... more

TWiM explains studies that show that the oral bacterial and fungal microbiome are risk fac... more

TWiM reveals a Vibrio as the causative agent of sea star wasting disease, and using microc... more

TWiM explores the varied and distinct microbiome of trees, and an array of biopesticidal m... more

TWiM pays tribute to Elio Schaechter, former TWiM host, blogger, and microbiologist extrao... more

TWiM discusses outbreak of Legionnaires disease in Harlem NY, an automated whole genome se... more

TWiM explains a study that examines pathogen presence in ancient humans and concludes that... more

TWiM explores the use of gas sensors and machine learning to identify microbes and antimic... more

TWiM explains two strategies for bacterial competition for resources: by laying down a sli... more

TWiM describes how microbiological analysis of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn has revealed ... more

TWiM explains how a mutualistic model bacterium can become lethal in a non-symbiotic host,... more

TWiM explains a study of the unique and extreme microbial and chemical environment on the ... more

TWiM describes isolation of a novel bacterial species isolated from the China Space Statio... more

TWiM explains how to recode E. coli so it uses only one stop codon, and an exploration of ... more

TWiM explains Pasteur's relentless hunt for microbes in the air, and how bacteria hunt for... more

TWiM describes Shigella infection is facilitated by interaction of human enteric α-defensi... more

TWiM explains the remarkable abilities of bacterial ice nucleating proteins to promote fre... more

TWiM explores the discovery of microbial enzymes, PETases, that can degrade ubiquitous pla... more

TWiM reveals that record high atmospheric methane growth has been driven by microbes, and ... more

From ASMCUE 2024, the conference on undergraduate education, TWiM speaks with Becky, Melan... more

TWiM describes how to make concrete more 'green' by using microbes, and bacterial biolumin... more

TWiM explains how ticagrelor alters the membrane of S. aureus and enhances the activity of... more

TWiM focuses on recent foodborne outbreaks of bacterial infections, and how nanopore seque... more

TWiM travels to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases to learn h... more