Virus hunter Mya Breitbart joins TWiV to describe her laboratory’s work on viruses in spiders, insects, millipedes, freshwater springs, seawater, plants, human feces and much more.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier

Guest: Mya Breitbart

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Links for this episode

• Viruses of spinybacked orbweavers (J Gen Virol)
• Viruses of terrestrial arthropods (PeerJ)
• Pepper mild mottle virus in sewage (PLoS Path)
• Environmental DNA in marine community (Nat Comm)
• Viral community of freshwater springs (mBio)
• Phage puppet masters in the oceans (Nat Micro)
• Letters read on TWiV 804
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]