353: Microbial Metabolism of Food Allergens

TWiM explains how to use microbes to enhance maize yield and reduce corn rootworm damage, and how the human microbiota modulates IgE-mediated reactions to foods through allergen metabolism. Hosts: Michael Schmidt , Petra Levin , and Michele Swanson . 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 Harnessing Microbes for Crop Production (Phytobiome J) Microbes take on corn rootworm (Science) Microbial metabolism of food allergens (Cell Host Microbe) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv

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353: Microbial Metabolism of Food Allergens is an episode from This Week in Microbiology by American Society for Microbiology.

This episode is 46:53 long.

This episode was published on Apr 11, 2026.

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