<description>&lt;p&gt;TWiM reviews the ongoing cholera outbreak in Africa, and research showing that gut complement induced by the microbiota blocks pathogens and spares commensal bacteria.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosts: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/profvrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Vincent Racaniello&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Michael Schmidt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://biology.wustl.edu/people/petra-levin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Petra Levin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/umichmichele?lang=en" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Michele Swanson&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Become a &lt;a href="http://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;patron&lt;/a&gt; of TWiM.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links for this episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;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"&gt;Cholera in Southern Africa&lt;/a&gt; (Africa CDC)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Deadly &lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/world/africa/cholera-outbreak-zimbabwe-zambia-malawi.html?searchResultPosition=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;cholera outbreak in Africa&lt;/a&gt; (NY Times)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://journals.lww.com/co-pediatrics/abstract/9900/cholera_outbreaks_among_children_in_sub_saharan.156.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Pediatric cholera&lt;/a&gt; in sub-Saharan Africa (Curr Op Ped)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(24)00001-1" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Gut complement&lt;/a&gt; spares commensals (Cell)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Take the TWiM Listener surve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href= "https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;y!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to &lt;a href= "mailto:twim@microbe.tv"&gt;twim@microbe.tv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This Week in Microbiology

Vincent Racaniello

305: The Marvel of MAC

MAR 2, 202449 MIN
This Week in Microbiology

305: The Marvel of MAC

MAR 2, 202449 MIN

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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: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.

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