TWiM explains Pasteur’s relentless hunt for microbes in the air, and how bacteria hunt for prey by ixotrophy - using grappling hooks! Hosts: <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello" 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://medschool.umich.edu/profile/2682/michele-s-swanson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michele Swanson</a>. Become a <a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">patron</a> of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ronald Jenkees</a> and used with permission. Links for this episode <ul> <li>Pasteur’s hunt for <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/science/airborne-louis-pasteur-germs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">microbes in the air</a> (NYTimes)</li> <li><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp0614" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bacterial predation by ixotrophy</a> (Science)</li> <li><a href= "https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/02/enter-the-pirates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enter the pirates</a> (STC)</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>

330: More mouth Microbiology

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.