Vincent and Elio discuss the reason for poor efficacy of one of the influenza virus vaccines, and using a hyperthermophilic anaerobe to produce hydrogen from fruit and vegetable wastes in seawater.

Hosts:

Vincent Racaniello and Elio Schaechter.

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Links for this episode

• Glycosylation site on influenza H3N2 viruses (PNAS)

• Biohydrogen production by Thermotoga (Waste Man)

• Image credit

• Letters read on TWiM 166

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