339: Missing the Company of Elio

TWiM pays tribute to Elio Schaechter, former TWiM host, blogger, and microbiologist extraordinaire, then reviews the finding that Archaea produce peptidoglycan hydrolases that kill bacteria - a form of competition. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Michael Schmidt , Michele Swanson and Petra Levin . Guest Mark O. Martin . Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode Elio Schaechter (Wikipedia) Elio Schaechter Funeral Service (video) Archaea produce peptidoglycan hydrolases that kill bacteria (PLoS Biol) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv

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339: Missing the Company of Elio is an episode from This Week in Microbiology by American Society for Microbiology.

This episode is 59:09 long.

This episode was published on Aug 29, 2025.

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