TWiM reviews the ongoing cholera outbreak in Africa, and research showing that gut complement induced by the microbiota blocks pathogens and spares commensal bacteria. Hosts: <a href="https://twitter.com/profvrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Schmidt</a>, <a href= "https://biology.wustl.edu/people/petra-levin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Petra Levin</a> and <a href= "https://twitter.com/umichmichele?lang=en" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Michele Swanson</a>. Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM. Links for this episode <ul> <li><a href= "https://africacdc.org/news-item/communique-from-africa-cdc-on-the-southern-africa-development-community-sadc-extra-ordinary-virtual-summit-of-heads-of-state-and-government-on-the-cholera-situation-in-the-region/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cholera in Southern Africa</a> (Africa CDC)</li> <li>Deadly <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/world/africa/cholera-outbreak-zimbabwe-zambia-malawi.html?searchResultPosition=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cholera outbreak in Africa</a> (NY Times)</li> <li><a href= "https://journals.lww.com/co-pediatrics/abstract/9900/cholera_outbreaks_among_children_in_sub_saharan.156.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pediatric cholera</a> in sub-Saharan Africa (Curr Op Ped)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(24)00001-1" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gut complement</a> spares commensals (Cell)</li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a><a href= "https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">y!</a></li> </ul> Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href= "mailto:twim@microbe.tv">twim@microbe.tv</a>

306: Spirulina Smoothies

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.