275: The Myth of Clonality

<p dir="ltr">TWiM reveals high rates of co-transformation of plasmids in E. coli overturns the clonality myth, and bacterial membrane vesicles as a novel strategy for extrusion of the antimicrobial bismuth in H. pylori.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href="https://twitter.com/profvrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/twimschmidt" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Michael Schmidt</a>, and <a href= "https://twitter.com/petralevin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Petra Levin</a></p> <h2><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h2> <ul> <li>The <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14598-9" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">myth of clonality</a> (Sci Rep)</li> <li><a href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.01633-22" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Bacterial membrane vesicles extrude bismuth</a> (mBio)</li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7684463/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gastric acid levels</a> must decrease (World J Gastroenterol)</li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a>y!</li> </ul> <p>Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by</span> <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ronald Jenkees</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and used with permission.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Send your microbiology questions and comments to</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">twim@microbe.tv</span></p>