Nels and Vincent look at the intracellular bacteria Legionella from an evolutionary perspective: the role of gene acquisition and reshuffling from plants, animals, fungi, and archaea in the emergence of human pathogens.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Over 18,000 effectors in Legionella genome (PNAS)
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TWiEVO 39: In a Legionella of their own