TWiM explains how spindle-shaped Archaeal viruses evolved from rod-shaped ancestors to package a larger genome, and transcriptional recording by CRISPR acquisition from RNA. Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM. Links for this episode <ul> <li>From <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35325592/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rods to spindles</a> (Cell)</li> <li><a href= "https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0092867422001994-mmc3.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spindle-shaped virus movie</a> (Cell)</li> <li><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm6038" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bacteria that record</a> (Science)</li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0569-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transcriptional recording with CRISPR</a> (Nature)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-266-letters/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Letters read on TWiM 266</a></li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">TWiM Listener survey</a></li> </ul> Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv

267: The Honey Badger of Pathogens With Heran Darwin

This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.