365: Bacteria Inside a Fungus Sabotage Plant Defenses

TWiM explains how bacterial endosymbionts enhance fungal virulence by disrupting the protective rhizobiome, and the development of rationally engineered Salmonella typhimurium strains with enhanced safety and antitumor efficacy.

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Links for this episode:

• Plant, fungus, endosymbiont, and rhizobiome (PNAS)

• Engineering S. typhimurium to kill tumors (mBio)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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