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TWiM reveals that methane-producing bacteria might survive beneath the surface of Mars, and identification of a cytopathogenic toxin in a bacterium associated with preterm birth.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt
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- Archaea could make methane on Mars (Sci Rep)
- Cytopathogenic toxin in bacterium associated with preterm birth (J Bact)
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