TWiM explains how phages avoid tRNA-targeting host defenses, and discovery of a new antibiotic from an uncultured bacterium that binds to an immutable target.

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Links for this episode * Phages avoid tRNA-targeting host defenses (eLife) * Sea phages * Actinobacteriophage database * New antibiotic from uncultured bacterium (bioRxiv) * The age of infection (For Policy) * Killing bacteria by teixobactin (Nature) * Take the TWiM Listener survey!

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