In this episode, how polysaccharides keep cyanobacteria afloat in the oceans so that they can carry out photosynthesis, and a symbiotic bacterium that protects honey bees from fungal infections. Become a <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/microbetv">Patron of TWiM</a>! Links for this episode: <ul> <li>Bacterial blooms and <a href="https://elifesciences.org/articles/66538">polysaccharides</a> (eLife)</li> <li><a href= "https://elifesciences.org/articles/70327?utm_source=content_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_content=fulltext&utm_campaign=21-June-21-elife-alert"> Social life</a> of cyanobacteria (eLife)</li> <li>Bacteria that <a href= "https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00503-21">protect bees from fungi</a> (mBio)</li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/6-tqiaPoS2U">First 21 days</a> of a bee’s life (YouTube)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125804/"> antiSMASH</a> (Nucl Acids Res)</li> <li>Delaney Miller’s <a href= "https://delaney-l-miller.weebly.com/">website</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

246: Intracellular niche and passage

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