256: Antiviral Hotspots and Desiccation Tolerance
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson
- Published
- Fri 20 May 2022
- Episode Link
- https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-265/
TWiM explains the discovery of hotspots of genetic variation containing reservoirs of anti-phage systems in E. coli phages and their parasitic satellites, and pathogen desiccation tolerance promoted by hydrophilins.
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