325: Microbes Making Methane

TWiM reveals that record high atmospheric methane growth has been driven by microbes, and the cecum as an adaptive niche for Salmonella typhi.

Hosts: Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.

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• Why a potent greenhouse gas is rising (WaPo)
• Microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth (PNAS)
• Salmonella biofilm formation in the cecum (mBio)
• Typhoid Mary (The Collector)
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