TWiM #98: Bacteria and eukaryotes get horizontal

The TWiM crew ponders the question of how a bacterium finds its middle when dividing, then divulge the transfer of interbacterial antagonism genes to eukaryotes, where they may function in innate defense.

Links for this episode:

• Size independent symmetric division (Nat Commun)

• How does a bacterium find its middle? (Nat Struct Biol)

• Genes transferred from bacteria augment eukaryotic defenses (Cell)

• Antibacterial gene transfer (eLife)

• Letters read on TWiM #98 on TWiM 98

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