The TWiVumvirate discuss the giant Tupanvirus, with the longest tail in the known virosphere, and dampened STING dependent interferon activation in bats.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• ASM Microbe 2018
• Tailed giant Tupanvirus (Nat Commun)
• Soda Lakes (Wikipedia)
• Dampened STING in bats (Cell Host Microbe)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 484

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