286: Integrons and Invasion
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TWiM reveals environmental integrons, bacterial genetic elements notorious for their role in spreading antibiotic resistance, and how Salmonella invasion is controlled by competition among intestinal chemical signals. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode Environmental integrons (Trends Micro) Integrons: agents of bacterial evolution (Nat Rev Micro) Rethinking microbial infallibility in the metagenomics era (Fems Micro Music used on TWiM is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv
286: Integrons and Invasion