TWiV 1321: Phage cross talk and cross reactions

TWiV explains how cross-reactive anti-prophage antibodies and bacterial heteroresistance is implicated in phage therapeutic failure, and how phages communicate across species to shape microbial ecosystems.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello), Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey (ramseylab.vercel.app) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email (eepurl.com/Gcw59)
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• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• Craig Venter dies (Nature)
• Hantavirus outbreak (WHO)
• Hantavirus on board (YouTube)
• HPS 25th anniversary discovery story (EID)
• Phage therapeutic failure unraveled (Nat Med)
• Phages communicate across species (Cell)
• Control of lysis-lysogeny decisions (Trends Micro)
• Arbitrium phages manipulate each other (Cell)
• Elio Schaechter on arbitrium (TWiM 146)
• Letters read on TWiV 1321
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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