The TWiMsters discuss potential new sources of antimicrobial compounds from unusual places: the skin of bats and the intestines of moths. Hosts:  <a href="http://virology.ws">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html" target="_blank">Michael Schmidt</a>, <a href= "http://schaechter.asmblog.org/" target="_blank">Elio Schaechter,</a> and <a href= "http://www.med.umich.edu/microbio/bio/swanson_m.htm" target= "_blank">Michele Swanson</a>. Subscribe to TWiM (free) on <a title="TWiM on iPhone" href= "http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846&ls=1https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology/id422332846?mt=2&ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iPhone</a>, <a title= "TWiM on Android" href= "http://subscribeonandroid.com/twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Android</a>, <a title= "Subscribe to TWiM" href= "http://twimshow.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">RSS</a>, or by <a title= "Subscribe to TWiM via email" href="http://eepurl.com/Hu-U9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email.</a> You can also listen on your mobile device with the <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id337731458?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Microbeworld</a> <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id337731458?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">app</a>. Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiM. <a class="jcepopup" title= "Sign found in the tasting room of a California winery. Photo by Mark Fuccio." href="images/Communications/images/wine_beer_water.jpg" target= "_blank"></a> Links for this episode <ul> <li dir="ltr" style= "background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> JMBE <a href= "http://www.asmscience.org/about/jmbe-announce-scicomm" target= "_blank">science communication issue</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" style= "background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> Bat sources of <a href= "http://aem.asm.org/content/83/5/e03057-16" target="_blank">novel antifungals</a> (AEM) </li> <li dir="ltr" style= "background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href= "https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/sites/default/files/wnsspreadmap_4_24_2017_1.jpg" target="_blank">White nose syndrome</a> in US (jpg) </li> <li dir="ltr" style= "background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href= "https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/sites/default/files/resource/white-nose_fact_sheet_4-2017_0.pdf" target="_blank">White nose syndrome fact sheet (pdf)</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" style= "background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href= "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245194561630438X" target="_blank">Symbiont-derived antimicrobials</a> (Cell Chem Cell) </li> <li dir="ltr" style= "background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriocin" target="_blank">Bacteriocins</a> (Wikipedia) </li> <li dir="ltr" style= "background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href= "https://www.asm.org/index.php/podcasts/twim/twim-letters/item/6408-twim-151-letters" target="_blank">Letters read on TWiM 151</a></li> </ul> Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href="mailto:twim@microbe.tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">twim@microbe.tv</a>

TWiM #152: Wooden steps

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.