Let's Talk Micro

In this episode Dr. Andrea Prinzi returns to the podcast to talk about respiratory cultures. What are the types of respiratory cultures? What are the pathogens? What is the significance of yeast in respiratory cultures? Sputum rejection?Tune in to this episode to learn more about these cultures.

Link to article about sputum rejection that Dr. Prinzi mentions in the episode: https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jcm.16.4.627-631.1982

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This episode was originally released on February 24 of this year. It features an interview with Dr. Paul Luethy from the University of Maryland Medical Center. It is about a case of Wohlfarhtiimonas chitiniclastica that was seen in bacteremia. Typically this organism is seen in polymicrobial infections. It is being re-released for the benefit of new listeners so it complements the latest episode (66).

Link to article : https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/12/21-0327_article

This episode is about another case of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica. It was presented in an article titled : "The fly who cried wolf" which was published by the American Society for Microbiology. Drs. David Gaston and Yembur Ahmad joined the podcast to discuss it. Tune in to listen to a great conversation about this organism, including morphology, biochemicals, and so much more.

Link to article: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.01073-21

Check out Dr. Diana Zhong' s twitter page (came up with the tittle of the article) : @doctordianasaur

Following the last episode about Yersinia species, on this episode I go over Y. pestis. Why is there concern about encountering Y. pestis in the laboratory? What do you do if you encounter potential bioterror agents? How does the laboratory handle those? As laboratories we are trained on how to recognize, test, handle, and ship these organisms. Tune in to this episode to learn about terms like Laboratory Response Network and the proficiency testing called LPX.

Following last week's episode about Y. pestis, what better than to learn about different species of Yersinia. What temperature range does Yersinisia grow at? Have you heard the term "bull's eye"? How about CIN agar? From enterocolitis to different forms of plague, tune in to this episode to lear about Yersinia, including media, biochemicals and more.

This episode features an interview with Philip Slavin and Maria Spyrou. They talk about Y. pestis and the second plague pandemic. A historical overview is provided and they talk about how DNA was obtained from 7 individuals buried in two cemeteries in the fourteenth century. Find out how this information points to an early source of the second plague pandemic.

Link to article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04800-3

This week Dr. Paul Hergenrother from the University of Illinois joins the podcast. Dr. Hergenrother talks about Fabimycin, an antibiotic candidate for gram negative bacteria. What is Fabimycin's mechanism of action? To which bacteria does it show activity against? Any intrinsic resistance? Tune in to find out.

Link to article: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscentsci.2c00598

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This episode features an interview with Kathryn Lionetti and Heather Townsend. They are two Microbiology college professors. They implemented two ways of teaching microscopy remotely as a result of the pandemic. Just like other educators, they had to adapt. What do these methods consist of? How did the students perform? Tune in to find out.

Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00332-21

Releasing on World Rabies Day (September 28), this episode features an interview with Dr. Rodney Rohde, Professor and Chair of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at Texas State University.

Dr. Rohde joins the podcast to talk about rabies. What is rabies? How is it transmitted? What are the signs and symptoms? What happens after a potential exposure, and how can rabies be prevented? We also discuss Dr. Rohde's extensive experience working with rabies and the importance of World Rabies Day.

Tune in to learn more!

Dr. Rohde's rabies book and website : https://www.elsevier.com/books/rabies/wilson/978-0-323-63979-8

https://rodneyerohde.wp.txstate.edu/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33659941/

This episode features an interview with Dr. Garcia- Ojeda from the University of California Merced. One of the results of the pandemic was that educators had to adapt to remote teaching. How do they remotely teach students those hands-on skills that are so important in Microbiology? Dr. Garcia Ojeda talks about what he did with his Microbiology laboratory. What was the outcome? How did the students perform? Tune in to find out.

Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00328-21

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