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This episode: Tardigrades have an interesting way of surviving complete drying out: by producing proteins lacking a stable structure! Download Episode (11.8 MB, 13 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Chandipura vesiculovirus News item Journal Paper: Boothby TC, Tapia H, Brozena AH, Piszkiewicz S, Smith AE, Giovannini I, Rebecchi L, Pielak GJ, Koshland D, Goldstein B. 2017. Tardigrades Use Intrinsically Disordered Proteins to Survive Desiccation. Mol Cell 65:975–984.e5. Other interesting stories: Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Google Play. Support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook |