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episode 484: Float like a mimivirus STING like a bat


The TWiVumvirate discuss the giant Tupanvirus, with the longest tail in the known virosphere, and dampened STING dependent interferon activation in bats.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode
  • ASM Microbe 2018
  • Tailed giant Tupanvirus (Nat Commun)
  • Soda Lakes (Wikipedia)
  • Dampened STING in bats (Cell Host Microbe)
  • Image credit
  • Letters read on TWiV 484
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 March 11, 2018  1h26m