TWiM #18: Escherichia coli K-12, an emerging pathogen?

Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt ,  Stanley Maloy and Elio Schaechter .

On episode #18 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, Elio, and Stanley explain how to make the human intestinal commensal and benign laboratory bacterium Escherichia coli K-12 into an invasive organism, and the unearthing of century-old spores in New York City.

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• Conversion of E. coli K-12 to an invasive form (mBio)
• Pedigree of E. coli K-12 (pdf)
• The facade of E. coli K-12 (Small Things Considered)
• Unearthing of century old bacteria in NYC (ABC News)
• Bacteria in 30,000 year old salt crystals (Geology)
• Old bacteria in ice
• Old, small, cold … (Small Things Considered)
• IP6 mediated autoprocessing of bacterial toxins (PloS Path)
• Letters read on TWiM #18

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