169: Breatharian Bacteria

The cast of TWiM reveals how uropathogenic E. coli use a copper-binding protein to treat copper as a nutrient or a toxin, and Antarctic soil bacteria that survive on trace atmospheric gases.

Hosts: 

Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson and Elio Schaechter.

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Links for this episode

• Copper import in E. coli (Nat Chem Biol)

• Conversion of OD to cells/ml for E. coli

• Nutritional immunity with Jennifer Bomberger (TWiM#141)

• Microbes live on atmospheric trace gases in Antarctic soil (Nature)

• Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem (SciHub)

• Hypolith (Wikipedia)

• Breatharians (Broadly)

• Image credit

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