352: Microbial Gut Biosensors
From This Week in Microbiology by Vincent Racaniello
March 28, 2026 · 60 min · Episode 352
About this episode
This episode discusses the archaeal roots of eukaryotic life and the development of a gut malabsorption biosensor using bacteria.
TWiM reveals the archaeal roots of eukaryotic life, and a building a gut malabsorption biosensor with bacteria. Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission. Links for this episode The archaeal roots of eukaryotic life (PNAS) Building a malabsorption biosensor (Cell) Engineering gut biosensors with microbes (Nature) Take the TWiM Listener surve y! Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to twim@microbe.tv
People in this episode
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Topics covered
- microbial biosensors
- gut health
- archaeal origins
- eukaryotic life
- malabsorption
Keywords
- microbiology
- biosensors
- gut malabsorption
- archaea
- eukaryotes
- bacteria
- engineering
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PNAS, Cell, Nature
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