Dickson joins the TWiM team to discuss the nasal microbiota of dairy farmers, and attenuation of bacterial virulence by quorum sensing in the maize weevil.

Hosts:

Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.

Guest: Dickson Despommier

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Links for this episode:

• Nasal microbiota of dairy farmers (PLoS One)

• Measuring species richness, diversity, similarity (pdf one, pdf two)

• Quorum sensing attenuates virulence (Cell Host Micr)

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