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317: Bat White-nose Syndrome

Episode 31754 min

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TWiM explains unique modifications in the energy conservation pathways linked to methanogenesis in an Archaeon, and mechanisms of white nose fungal invasion of cells from the Little Brown Bat.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.
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Methyl-reducing methanogenesis (Nature)
Pathogenic strategies of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Science)
Adaptive fungal invasion of bat cells (Science)
Little brown bat (Critter Catalog)
Nature Notes: Little Brown Bat (Harpswell)
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