The TWiMsters discuss potential new sources of antimicrobial compounds from unusual places: the skin of bats and the intestines of moths.

Hosts: 

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

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Links for this episode

• JMBE science communication issue

• Bat sources of novel antifungals (AEM)

• White nose syndrome in US (jpg)

• White nose syndrome fact sheet (pdf)

• Symbiont-derived antimicrobials (Cell Chem Cell)

• Bacteriocins (Wikipedia)

• Letters read on TWiM 151

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