TWiM explains a new mechanism for preventing lysogeny through temperate phage-antibiotic synergy, and Salmonella expansion in the murine gut dependency on aspartate derived from reactive oxygen species-mediated microbiota lysis.

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• Temperate phage-antibiotic synergy (mBio)
• Salmonella expansion dependent on aspartate (Cell Host Micr)
• Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (Wiki)
• A Genetic Switch by Mark Ptashne
• Lysis timing and bacteriophage fitness (Genetics)
• HK97 capsid assembly (Ad Exp Med Biol)
• Mode of action of fluoroquinolones (Drugs)
• Salmonella a foodborne pathogen (CDC)
• Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program (HHMI)
• Sam Kaplan - 30 years of Microbiology (McGovern Medical School)
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