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The TWiMsters discuss potential new sources of antimicrobial compounds from unusual places: the skin of bats and the intestines of moths.
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Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson.
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Bat sources of novel antifungals (AEM)
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White nose syndrome in US (jpg)
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Symbiont-derived antimicrobials (Cell Chem Cell)
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Bacteriocins (Wikipedia)
- Letters read on TWiM 151
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