This Week in Microbiology
365: Bacteria Inside a Fungus Sabotage Plant Defenses
Sponsors in this episode
No sponsor reads found in this episode's notes.
Host-read ads that the notes don't mention can't be found this way.
Show notes
TWiM explains how bacterial endosymbionts enhance fungal virulence by disrupting the protective rhizobiome, and the development of rationally engineered Salmonella typhimurium strains with enhanced safety and antitumor efficacy.
Become a patron of TWiM.
Links for this episode:
Plant, fungus, endosymbiont, and rhizobiome (PNAS)
Engineering S. typhimurium to kill tumors (mBio)
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
Send your microbiology questions and comments to [email protected]
From the show's RSS feed.