241: What Does Flu Do to Your Poo?

TWiM explains how Vibrio biofilms are dispersed by polyamine signals, and the induction of inappetence by respiratory virus infection which causes alteration of the gut microbiome.

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Links for this episode

• Regulation of Vibrio biofilms by polyamines (eLife)
• Cyclic di-GMP (pdf)
• Respiratory virus infection induces inappetance (mBio)
• Letters read on TWiM 241
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