This Week in Microbiology
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This Week in Microbiology

by Vincent Racaniello

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.

100 episodes
EN language
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1
Resistance Reboot
59:21 Mar 6, 2026
2
TWiM Goes to College
53:16 Feb 14, 2026
3
Punctured to Death by Spikes
58:42 Feb 1, 2026
4
The Bark Side of the Microbiome
53:37 Jan 21, 2026
5
At Wound's Edge
55:00 Jan 5, 2026
6
Metabolism and Porin Permeability
53:55 Dec 13, 2025
7
Faster Than Rocks!
53:31 Nov 22, 2025
8
Ant Yogurt and Fine Chocolate
1:06:22 Nov 8, 2025
9
Nucleotides to the Defense
43:57 Oct 25, 2025
10
The Microbiome, Pancreatic Cancer, and Sleep Quality
53:37 Oct 11, 2025
11
Sea Star Wasting Disease
48:35 Sep 27, 2025
12
Microbes in Trees and Plants
48:58 Sep 12, 2025
13
Missing the Company of Elio
59:09 Aug 29, 2025
14
Rewriting the Code of Life
53:22 Aug 16, 2025
15
Lifestyles of the Plasmids
1:04:44 Jul 31, 2025
16
The Volatilome of Biofluids
55:38 Jul 19, 2025
17
Slip Slidin' Away
50:25 Jul 4, 2025
18
Fungal Smuggle
56:46 Jun 20, 2025
19
When Mutualists Murder
58:20 Jun 7, 2025
20
Fibromyalgia Pain and the Gut Microbiome
1:03:00 May 23, 2025
21
Radar Love in Bacteria
46:41 Apr 26, 2025
22
More mouth Microbiology
53:57 Apr 11, 2025
23
Bacteria Hunt With Grappling Hooks
54:17 Mar 17, 2025
24
Capturing Shigella With Filopodia
46:59 Feb 28, 2025
25
Freezing and Anti-Freezing With Bacteria
52:28 Feb 6, 2025
26
I Have One Word For You: PETase!
53:08 Jan 24, 2025
27
Microbes Making Methane
41:54 Jan 10, 2025
28
Back To School for TWiM
1:02:23 Dec 27, 2024
29
Better Concrete With Microbes
59:37 Dec 13, 2024
30
Photohydrolysis Decontamination Reduces Healthcare-associated Infections
58:12 Nov 22, 2024
31
The Microbes in Your Food
1:00:03 Nov 8, 2024
32
Rockstars of USAMRIID
1:15:05 Oct 25, 2024
33
The Dark Side of the Rumen
52:03 Oct 11, 2024
34
How To Pick a Winner
1:07:23 Sep 27, 2024
35
Bat White-nose Syndrome
54:54 Sep 14, 2024
36
Food Addiction and the Gut Microbiome
56:23 Aug 23, 2024
37
How Pseudomonas Became A Global Pathogen
58:00 Aug 9, 2024
38
Microbes Sculpt Our Planet and Manage Inflammation
52:57 Jul 27, 2024
39
Could Fungal Pathogens Outsmart US?
44:18 Jul 11, 2024
40
Cry Havoc!, and Let Slip the Phages of Healing
53:14 Jun 28, 2024
41
Bacteria, beware of siderophore-antibiotic hybrids
43:45 Jun 13, 2024
42
Starvation vs Dehydration: Who Loses, Who Wins?
58:38 May 12, 2024
43
Stomach Acid Can Be Your Friend
45:35 Apr 26, 2024
44
Living in a Community World
1:07:02 Apr 13, 2024
45
Attaching and Effacing on a Pedestal
50:07 Mar 30, 2024
46
Spirulina Smoothies
52:45 Mar 15, 2024
47
The Marvel of MAC
49:51 Mar 2, 2024
48
A New blue cheese-Making Fungus
57:34 Feb 17, 2024
49
Can Our Microbiome Break Our Hearts?
56:32 Feb 3, 2024
50
Itching and Scratching and New Antibiotics
54:33 Jan 20, 2024
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