Mark Martin returns to TWiM to join the discussion of how to design a complex gut microbiome, and protection of protists from virus infection by intracellular bacterial symbionts.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin

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• Design of a complex gut microbiome (Cell)
• Defensive symbiosis against giant viruses (PNAS)
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Music by Ronald Jenkees.

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