275: The Myth of Clonality

This Week in Microbiology

TWiM reveals high rates of co-transformation of plasmids in E. coli overturns the clonality myth, and bacterial membrane vesicles as a novel strategy for extrusion of the antimicrobial bismuth in H. pylori.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Petra Levin

Links for this episode

• The myth of clonality (Sci Rep)
• Bacterial membrane vesicles extrude bismuth (mBio)
• Gastric acid levels must decrease (World J Gastroenterol)
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