TWiM presents an episode for mycophiles: how bacteria disarm mushroom pathogens, and the role of the CARD9 protein in protective immunity against pulmonary cryptococcosis. Hosts: <a href= "http://www.virology.ws/">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/">Elio Schaechter</a>, <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html"> Michael Schmidt</a> and Michele Swanson Become a <a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiM. Links for this episode: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://blackinmicrobiology.org/">Black in Microbiology</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How bacteria <a href= "https://www.pnas.org/content/117/38/23802.short?rss=1"> disarm mushroom pathogens</a> (PNAS)</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">A bacterial <a href= "https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6511/1580.2?utm_campaign=ec_sci_2020-09-24&et_rid=274574610&et_cid=3496560"> battleground</a> (Science)</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">CARD9 needed for <a href= "https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/1/e03005-19.long">fungal defense</a> (mBio)</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">OneHealth: <a href= "https://www.asmscience.org/content/colloquia.56">Fungal pathogens</a> (AAM)</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/1/e03005-19.long">Image credit</a></li> </ul> Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv

228: Black in Microbiology with Ninecia Scott and Chelsey Spriggs

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.