475: Modifying Mixed Microbiota

BacterioFiles by Jesse Noar

Feb 27, 202316:45Science & Medicine

This episode: New techniques allow specific modifications in certain members of a complex community of microbes, without isolating them in pure culture first! Download Episode (11.5 MB, 16.7 minutes) Show notes: Microbe...

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