This Week in Microbiology

Author: 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.
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365: Bacteria Inside a Fungus Sabotage Plant Defenses
Episode 365
Saturday, 10 October, 2026

TWiM explains how bacterial endosymbionts enhance fungal virulence by disrupting the protective rhizobiome, and the development of rationally engineered Salmonella typhimurium strains with enhanced safety and antitumor efficacy. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Plant, fungus, endosymbiont, and rhizobiome (PNAS) Engineering S. typhimurium to kill tumors (mBio) Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv