The TWiM team reveal how bacteria in a shipworm’s gills help digest wood in the gut, and an approach that identifies a new antibiotic from the soil.
Links for this episode:
Gill bacteria enable a novel digestive strategy (PNAS)
Killing bacteria without resistance (Nature)
An irresistable newcomer (Nature)
Peptidoglycan synthesis animation
10 x 20 initiative (IDSA)
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