319: The Dark Side of the Rumen

TWiM explains a project to engineer the cow microbiome to reduce emissions of methane, and the finding of antibiotic resistance genes in the genomes of giant viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Petra Levin and Michele Swanson.

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Links for this episode

• Engineering the cow for less methane emissions (WaPo)
• Precision microbiome editing (Audacious Project)
• Giant viruses carry antibiotic resistance genes (Nat Commun)
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