TWiV 1321: Phage cross talk and cross reactions

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Infectious, Infection, Virus, Twiv, Microbe, Virology, Vincent, Pathogen, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Science & Medicine

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 112 minutes

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TWiV explains how cross-reactive anti-prophage antibodies and bacterial heteroresistance is implicated in phage therapeutic failure, and how phages communicate across species to shape microbial ecosystems. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) Craig Venter dies (Nature) Hantavirus outbreak (WHO) Hantavirus on board (YouTube) HPS 25th anniversary discovery story (EID) Phage therapeutic failure unraveled (Nat Med) Phages communicate across species (Cell) Control of lysis-lysogeny decisions (Trends Micro) Arbitrium phages manipulate each other (Cell) Elio Schaechter on arbitrium (TWiM 146) Letters read on TWiV 1321 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Could this fungus contaminate Mars? Rich – Supernova in a Sideways Spiral Jolene – Virology class communication projects 2026 Vincent – Facts About The Boeing 747 Hump That Will Surprise You Listener Picks David – My first science video in 3 years Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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0:00.0	This week in Virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:10.7	From Microbb TV, this is Twiv. This week in Virology, episode 1321 recorded on May 8th, 2026.
0:22.5	I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast.
0:26.3	All about viruses.
0:28.5	Oh, we have two people from Texas today.
0:30.9	How about that?
0:31.6	Joining me today from College Station, Texas, Julian Ramsey.
0:36.6	Howdy.
0:37.5	Good to be here. I am in a, Jilline Ramsey. Howdy. Good to be here.
0:38.8	I am in a, it's warmer here, but it's not too warm, actually.
0:43.8	We've cooled off.
0:44.6	It's only 74 degrees Fahrenheit, 23C outside, and cloudy.
0:49.4	We've had rain the past couple of days.
0:51.4	The garden is loving it.
0:53.0	It's loving it.
0:53.8	Yeah.
0:54.3	Today it's 17C and cloudy, and that's about as high as it's going to get tomorrow.
1:00.3	It's going to rain.
1:00.9	Sunday, it's going to rain.
1:01.7	Monday, it's going to rain.
1:04.4	And all next week, seems.
1:06.1	Also joining us from Austin, Texas.
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