Host: <a style= "color: #4da7d4; text-decoration: underline;" href= "http://www.virology.ws">Vincent Racaniello</a> Guest: <a href="https://irp.nih.gov/pi/robert-heinzen" target="_blank">Robert Heinzen</a> At the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, Vincent speaks with Robert Heinzen about the work of his laboratory on Q fever and its causative microbe, Coxiella burneti.   Become a <a href="http://www.patreon.com/microbetv" target= "_blank">Patron of TWiM</a>! Links for this episode <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/rocky-mountain-laboratories"> Rocky Mountain Laboratory</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://irp.nih.gov/pi/robert-heinzen">Heinzen Laboratory</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Small town, big science (<a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-140">TWiM 140</a>)</li> </ul> Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com" target="_blank">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to <a href="mailto:twim@microbe.tv" target= "_blank">twim@microbe.tv</a>

TWiM #146: Viral arbitrium

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.