MicroNews March
Posted on March 31, 2021 by Matt Bassett
MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss some of the times microbes and microbiology have been in the news over the last month. Listen to Matt and Laura discuss how microbes helped centipedes evolve venom, a new automated technique that could help name new microbes and why deep-sea bacteria are completely invisible to our immune system.
Some deep sea bacteria are invisible to the human immune system
Researchers Propose Automating the Naming of Novel Microbes
Microplastics in sewage become hubs for drug resistant bacteria
Diphtheria could become a problem again thanks to new variants and antimicrobial resistance
Centipedes incorporated the toxic weapons of bacteria and fungi into their venoms