TWiV 804: A tangled web of viruses with Mya Breitbart

Virus hunter Mya Breitbart joins TWiV to describe her laboratory's work on viruses in spiders, insects, millipedes, freshwater springs, seawater, plants, human feces and much more.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier

Guest: Mya Breitbart

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Links for this episode

• Viruses of spinybacked orbweavers (J Gen Virol)
• Viruses of terrestrial arthropods (PeerJ)
• Pepper mild mottle virus in sewage (PLoS Path)
• Environmental DNA in marine community (Nat Comm)
• Viral community of freshwater springs (mBio)
• Phage puppet masters in the oceans (Nat Micro)
• Letters read on TWiV 804
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Vincent – Biden's federal and business vaccine mandates

Listener Pick

Anonymous – The Ivermectin Episode – Behind the Bastards

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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