BacterioFiles 333 - Transposons Take Targeting Tool

This episode: Certain transposons, genetic elements that move around the genome on their own, have co-opted the bacterial immune system, CRISPR, to use for jumping to new hosts! Thanks to Dr. Joseph Peters for his contribution! Download Episode (10.7 MB, 11.75 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Streptomyces yokosukanensis Journal Paper: Peters JE, Makarova KS, Shmakov S, Koonin EV. 2017. Recruitment of CRISPR-Cas systems by Tn7-like transposons. Proc Natl Acad Sci 114:E7358–E7366. ... Maggiori informazioni Other interesting stories: Microbe found producing antibiotic previously only known to be man-made (paper) Modifying genetics to change bacterial colony colors Making microbe communities that help plants in specific ways Gut microbes can protect mice against death from sepsis Fungus affects cicada behavior to infect more hosts   Email questions or comments to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Google Play. Support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook