TWiV explains research showing how temperate phages enhance bacterial host fitness via RNA-guided flagellar remodelling, and that IgA antibody is necessary and sufficient to prevent norovirus infection in mice.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• Fred Murphy passes away (X)
• US has lost its hold on measles elimination (CIDRAP)
• What’s in the genetic code of America’s measles outbreaks (ProPublica)
• Did Pete Hegseth single-handedly raise the R₀ of flu? (Inside Medicine)
• Fred Murphy’s Virus Images and Foundations of Virology (UTMB)
• Temperate phages and RNA-guided flagellar remodelling (Nat Micro)
• Eukaryotic RNA guided system (Nature)
• IgA prevents norovirus infection in mice (Sci Transl Med)
• Craig Wilen’s letter to TWiV (TWiV 492)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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