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335: Slip Slidin' Away

50 min•4 juli 2025

TWiM explains two strategies for bacterial competition for resources: by laying down a slippery lipid and pushing away competitors, or by breaking open cells with a spike, liberating essential nutrients.

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Links for this episode:

Secreting a slippery lipid (mBio)
Lysing neighboring cells for nutrients (Science)
Underwater hockey (YouTube

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