281: Microbes Making Jet Fuel

TWiM explains the synthesis in bacteria of new energy-dense biofuels that can replace rocket and jet fuels, and the use of nanopore sequencing to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with serious infections.

 

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Links for this episode:

• Biosynthesis of high energy biofuels (Joule)

• Polyketide synthases in bacteria (PNAS)

• Sequencing for diagnosis of serious infections (mBio)

• Nanopore sequencing video (YouTube)

• Emerging human pathogen Kodamaea ohmeri (Front. Micro)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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