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Survey of Genomes - Halobacterium NRC-1
Zoe Ceballos introduces us to a member of the Domain Archaea that lives in a very extreme habitat - salt at saturating concentration (> 5 molar). Halobacterium and it...
Survey of Genomes - Thermoplasma acidophilum
In this episode from the survey of genomes, Nikkia Schady from 2019 Hiram College Genetics course and the Women’s Volleyball team will introduce us to a member of the ...
Survey of Genomes - Treponema pallidum
In this episode from a survey of genomes, Daijah Sek from the 2019 Hiram College Genetics course walks us through the genome of the syphilis pathogen Treponema pallidum.
Survey of Genomes - Rickettsia prowazekii
What do lice, flying squirrels, and World War I have in common? That weird question is answered by Jake Lininger from the 2019 Hiram College Genetics course as he intr...
Survey of Genomes - Clostridium perfringens
Being at the wrong place at the wrong time can sometimes mean trouble and that is exactly what happens when a particular soil bacterium gets into a wound. Ashley Redm...
Survey of Genomes - Methanococcus jannaschii
The first group of Archaea were methanogens - microbes that produce methane as a byproduct of their metabolism. The first ever Archaea genome sequenced was from the m...
An Interlude on Pathogen Genomes
Brad jumps in amongst the Survey of Genomes to speak to the question of “why do we need to sequence the genome of a pathogen we just want to kill?”
I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means
Brad puts the dreaded “P-word” (Prokaryote) to rest and introduces the Archaea, the 3rd domain of life only recognized as distinct in 1977.
The True Extreme Athletes - Extremophiles
Brad jumps back in to comment on the extreme lifestyles seen in some microbes.
Survey of Genomes - Chlorobium tepidum TLS
Look out your window at that beautiful tree or shrub nearby. Now imagine it living in a hot springs at over 50C doing photosynthesis without oxygen as a byproduct but...
Survey of Genomes - Deinococcus radiodurans
Nicole Ryman from the 2019 Hiram College Genetics course introduces us to Deinococcus radiodurans, an extreme microbial athlete when it comes to genomic protection and...
Survey of Genomes - Thermotoga maritima MSB8
Thermotoga maritima is an extremophilic member of the Bacteria on several fronts - not just in temperature preference but also in its massive accumulation of genes fro...
Survey of Genomes - Buchnera sp. APS
How about being extreme in how much of your genome you throw away? Obligate endosymbionts have done just that and in doing so have become trapped in their host organi...
Survey of Genomes - Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 25586
Hunter Jenkins steps in to tell us about a microbial titan of human dental plaque - Fusobacterium nucleatum. It truly helps nucleate, or organize, the multi-microbial...
Survey of Genomes - Even Most Eukaryotes are Microbial
Brad sets up the last two student-hosted episodes by bringing up a not so obvious point to us “macrobes” (organisms visible to the naked eye) - even most members of th...
Survey of Genomes - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Curtis Swearingen from the 2019 Hiram College tells us about the genome of the most heavily studied eukaryote on Earth - the maker of bread and beer and wine, the unic...
A New Season, A New Normal
Brad introduces a new season of podcasts focused on viral genomes such as the one behind our current COVID-19 pandemic.
The Viral Age Begins
Brad introduces us to the first virus discovered - a pathogen of tobacco!
No Chicken in Chickenpox or Shingles
Alainna Conroy and Zach Walker talk about the virus and its genome that infects us once but hurts us twice - once in childhood (there is a vaccine now) and again as a ...
Measles - Will We Ever Be Done With It?
Two very funny people, Allison Slutz and Cole Filer, from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course get serious about a childhood illness and its causal virus that should...