The TWiM team reveals thousands of small novel genes in the human microbiome, and a mutualistic symbiosis between marine protists covered with magnetosome-containing bacteria.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt

Links for this episode * Thousands of small novel genesin human microbiome (Cell) * A magnetotactic consortiumunder the sea (Nat Micro) * Image credit * Letters readon TWiM 203

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