TWiM 356: Nanopore to the bone

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May 28, 202649:08Religion & Spirituality

TWiM explains how Streptococcus mitis bacteriocins drive contact-dependent lysis of S. pneumoniae facilitating transformation, and microbial dominance in diabetic foot osteomyelitis determined with nanopore sequencing. H...

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