227: The light and dark sides of the fungal world

TWiM presents an episode for mycophiles: how bacteria disarm mushroom pathogens, and the role of the CARD9 protein in protective immunity against pulmonary cryptococcosis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt and Michele Swanson

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Links for this episode:

• Black in Microbiology
• How bacteria disarm mushroom pathogens (PNAS)
• A bacterial battleground (Science)
• CARD9 needed for fungal defense (mBio)
• OneHealth: Fungal pathogens (AAM)
• Image credit

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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