177: Microbial sibling conflict

The TWiM team discuss bacteriophage evolution in a dairy plant, and killing of less fit cells among social microbes.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Elio Schaechter.

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Links for this episode

• A decade of phage evolution (Appl Env Micr)
• Animation of phage infection (Vimeo)
• Double agar assay for phage (Dairy Science)
• Sibling conflict among social bacteria (mBio)

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