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Jun 6, 2020 1 hr 2 min

218: The lengths SARS-COV-2 will go

from This Week in Microbiology Hosted by Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson, Michael Schmidt

The TWiM team explains how breathing can transmit SARS-CoV-2, and how lack of breathing leads to loss of mitochondria in a multicellular parasitic animal. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (Science) Why social distancing is important (NY Times) Parasite without mitochondria (PNAS) Letters read on TWiM 218 Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Send your microbiology questions and comments to [email protected]

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