The TWiM cohort discusses the use of antimicrobial peptides to target specific bacteria in the microbiome, and how the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia selectively kills male hosts.

Links for this episode:

• Antimicrobial peptides to modulate microbial ecology (PNAS)

• Targeting specific bacteria in the oral microbiome (Trends Micro)

• How Wolbachiakills male hosts (PLoS Biol)

• Wolbachia phage on TWiV 332

Image: Transmission electron micrograph of Wolbachia within an insect cell.

By: Scott O'Neill - Genome Sequence of the Intracellular Bacterium Wolbachia. PLoS Biol 2/3/2004: e76.