TWiM #139: Frackibacter and sticky fingers

11/18/16 • 71 min

The TWiM team discusses microbial DNA found on ATM machines in New York City, and how hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, alters microbial ecosystems deep in the Earth.

Hosts:

Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson.

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Microbial DNA on ATM machines in NYC (mSphere)
NYC OpenData
Altering deep microbial ecosystems by fracking (Nat Micro)
Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory
Chemicals used for fracking (FracFocus)
Marcellus and Utica shale formation map
Consequences of fracking (GasBuddy)
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The TWiM team discusses microbial DNA found on ATM machines in New York City, and how hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, alters microbial ecosystems deep in the Earth.

Hosts:

Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson.

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Links for this episode

Microbial DNA on ATM machines in NYC (mSphere)
NYC OpenData
Altering deep microbial ecosystems by fracking (Nat Micro)
Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory
Chemicals used for fracking (FracFocus)
Marcellus and Utica shale formation map
Consequences of fracking (GasBuddy)
Image credit

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TWiM #138: Learning to love uranium and the A-baum

The TWiM team brings you a bacterium from a Colorado field site that grows on uranium, and copper resistance in the emerging pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii.

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Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson.

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Uranium-respiring bacterium from a field site (PLoS One)
Acid mine drainage (Wikipedia)
Copper resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii
ASM Grant Writing Online Course
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