<a href="https://twitter.com/markowenmartin" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Martin</a> returns to TWiM to join the discussion of how to design a complex gut microbiome, and protection of protists from virus infection by intracellular bacterial symbionts. Hosts: <a href="https://twitter.com/profvrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/twimschmidt" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Michael Schmidt</a>, <a href= "https://twitter.com/umichmichele" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Michele Swanson</a>, and <a href= "https://twitter.com/petralevin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Petra Levin</a> Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM. Links for this episode <ul> <li>Design of <a href= "https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00990-4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">a complex gut microbiome</a> (Cell)</li> <li><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2205856119" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Defensive symbiosis against giant viruses</a> (PNAS)</li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a>y!</li> </ul> Music by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a>. Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href= "mailto:twim@microbe.tv">twim@microbe.tv</a>

275: The Myth of Clonality

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.