317: Bat White-nose Syndrome

TWiM explains unique modifications in the energy conservation pathways linked to methanogenesis in an Archaeon, and mechanisms of white nose fungal invasion of cells from the Little Brown Bat.

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

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• Methyl-reducing methanogenesis (Nature)
• Pathogenic strategies of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Science)
• Adaptive fungal invasion of bat cells (Science)
• Little brown bat (Critter Catalog)
• Nature Notes: Little Brown Bat (Harpswell)
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