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.

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Links for this episode:

• Bacterial blooms and polysaccharides (eLife)
• Social life of cyanobacteria (eLife)
• Bacteria that protect bees from fungi (mBio)
• First 21 days of a bee’s life (YouTube)
• antiSMASH (Nucl Acids Res)
• Delaney Miller’s website

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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