TWiM 5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles

desulfovibrio biofilmHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cliff Mintz, Michael Schmidt, and Ronald Atlas.

Vincent, Cliff, Michael and Ron discuss the genome sequqnce of a mercury-methylating bacterium and the antimicrobial effects of nanoparticles.

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Image of Biofilm of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans by PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via flickr

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4 thoughts on “TWiM 5: Mercury-methylating Desulfovibrio and antimicrobial nanoparticles”

  1. You guys have made reference several times to the cellular energy system, the need to find a place to put the extra electrons, etc. Do you have a good reference to a writeup about this, for those of us whose last biology class was a very long time ago? It’s clear that this is a really important thing to understand.

    Is the effect of silver nanoparticles related to this? What determines which metals will be antimicrobial (copper, silver) and which won’t be (iron)?

  2. Jonathan Tommey

    If this Desulfouibrio bacteria is a contributor to autism how can this be killed off and with what specifi antibiotican fo what period of time, would you also suggest molybdnum supplmentation?

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