335: Slip Slidin’ Away
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, Petra Levin
- Published
- Fri 04 Jul 2025
- Episode Link
- https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-335/
TWiM explains two strategies for bacterial competition for resources: by laying down a slippery lipid and pushing away competitors, or by breaking open cells with a spike, liberating essential nutrients.
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Links for this episode:
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Secreting a slippery lipid (mBio)
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Lysing neighboring cells for nutrients (Science)
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Underwater hockey (YouTube
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