MicroNews November

MicroNews is the sister series of our podcast Microbe Talk, where we discuss some of the times microbiology has been in the news during the past month. In this episode, Matt and Laura discuss the differences in microbial diversity in rural and urban areas, climate change and its effect on otters and a piece of new research investigating how an emerging virus might affect frogs. Links to the news stories discussed during this episode can be found below: Violet coral fungus seen in Wales https://bbc.in/35J9uWQ Abundance of microbe diversity key to healthy coastal ecosystem https://bit.ly/2L37Nvl Sea ice loss linked to spread of deadly virus https://bbc.in/2DrqggZ Urban houses could have higher diversity of fungus than rural houses https://n.pr/2sr0dnR ‘Velcro’ style test could spot Alzheimer’s years before symptoms develop https://bit.ly/2rAaptA New species of ranavirus threatens frogs https://bit.ly/2ORQrmf Antibiotics price drop could reduce development of TB https://bit.ly/2qJRcG7