Them TWiM team discusses the importance of neutrophils in microbial infections, and evidence that ancient bacteria had two cell walls.

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

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Links for this episode

• Conquering neutrophils (PLoS Path)
• Ancestral outer membrane in firmicutes (eLife )
• Were gram positive rods the first bacteria? (Cell)
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