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Chlamydia Infections Are Ravaging Australia's Koala Population
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 by Cliffprf Mintz
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 by Cliffprf Mintz
When most people think about Australia kangaroos and koalas the word bear is a misnomer immediately come to mind.While the kangaroo population is thriving and, in many places, rapidly growing out of control, Australias treasured koala population is being ravaged by Chlamydophila ... Read more
A Massive Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Outbreak is Ravaging Northern Europe
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
A massive foodborne outbreak of enterohemorrhagic E. coli EHEC; typically E. coli 0157H7 has caused16 deaths and sickened over 470 persons in Northern Europe. The source of the outbreak is thought to be fecally-contaminated raw vegetables including cucumbers, tomatoes and leaf le... Read more
This Week In Microbiology (TWIM) #7: Cycles Of Life and Death and Light and Dark
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
On episode 7 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Elio, Margaret, and Michael discuss programmed cell death in E. coli, and the daily synthesis and degradation of enzymes needed for photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria. HostsVincent Racaniell... Read more
The Centers for Disease Control CDC in Atlanta, GA estimates that there are about 48 million illnesses caused by food borne bacteria each year.As many of you know, the incidence of outbreaks of Salmonella gastroenteritis is growing steadily and it seems that a week cant go by wit... Read more
On episode 5 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Ron discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles on polar soil microflora. Right click to download TWiM 5 52.5 MB .mp3, 76 minutes. ... Read more
Antimicrobial Nanoparticles and Mercury-Methylatting Desulfovibrio
Thursday, April 21st, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
Thursday, April 21st, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
On episode 5 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Ron discuss the genome sequence of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles on polar soil microflora. Right click to download TWiM 5 52.5 MB .mp3, 76 minutes. ... Read more
This Week in Microbiology (TWiM) Episode #2: The Plague, Microbial Virulence and the Gut Microbiome
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
On episode 2 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Cliff, and Michael review a fatal laboratory acquired Yersinia pestis infection, and how gut bacteria which are part of the normal flora of all animals control body weight and metabolic activity. For those of you who... Read more
The First Episode of This Week in Microbiology (TWiM) Is Available @ MicrobeWorld
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 by Cliffprf Mintz
This Week in Microbiology TMiVcreated by BioCrowd founder Vincent Racaniello and sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology ASMlaunched today, with episode 1 posted at microbeworld.orgtwim. It will soon be available on iTunes and the Zune marketplace. The first episode fo... Read more
BioCrowd co-founders Vincent Racaniello and Cliff Mintz aka BioJobBlogger today in association with Microbe World sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology created the first episode of This Week in Microbiology TWiM, a podcast series that explores various topics in micro... Read more
WikiLeaks, Pharma Manufacturing and US National Security
Monday, December 6th, 2010 by Cliffprf Mintz
Monday, December 6th, 2010 by Cliffprf Mintz
Ed Silverman, author of the fabulous Pharmalot Blog, showed his investigative reporting bona fides by revealing today that there may be a direct link between pharma manufacturing facilities, US national security and the brouhaha over WikiLeaks. Ed uncovered a cable dated Feb. 18,... Read more
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