Antimicrobial Nanoparticles and Mercury-Methylating Desulfovibrio
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.
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Image of Biofilm of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans by PNNL - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via flickr
Links for this episode:
- Genome sequence of a mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio strain
- Desulfovibrio commentary in ScienceDaily
- Review on the genus Desulfovibrio (pdf)
- Perturbation of an Artic soil microbe community by nanoparticles
- Nanoparticles and microbes - commentary at PopSci
- Biodegradeable nanostructures with antimicrobial activity
- Potential bacteriophage applications (Microbe)
- Letters read on TWiM #5
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