The TWiM team considers the state of the world's fungi as revealed by a report from the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, and how Salmonella loses motility to evade host defenses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson

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• State of the World's Fungi 2018
• Salmonella loses motility to avoid inflammasome activation (Cell Rep)

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