<p>Vincent, Elio, Michael, and Michele discuss the amazingly high level of intergenera gene exchange among haloarchaea in an Antarctic lake, and the diversity of fungi on residential surfaces and the human forehead. <a href="http://www.microbeworld.org/images/stories/TWiM/tested_surfaces.png" class="jcepopup" target="_blank" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #4da7d4; text-decoration: underline; line-height: 0; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a></p>

TWiM #69: Bacterial DNA in the human genome

This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.