This Week in Microbiology

358: Gut Microbes and ALS

July 4, 2026·58 min
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TWiM explains the connection between inflammation caused by microbial glycogen in the gut and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and how disruption of cysteine metabolism leads to synthetic lethality and in vivo fitness impairment in Acinetobacter baumannii. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Myeloid c

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