TWiV 873: Pig viruses and big viruses

TWiV reviews the six known coronaviruses that infect pigs and what can be learned about human infections, and how the giant Mimivirus DNA genome is organized into a nucleocapsid.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

Click arrow to play Download TWiV 873 (128 MB .mp3, 107 min) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

Become a patron of TWiV!

Links for this episode

• ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists
• Porcine coronaviruses (Virol Sin)
• Mimivirus nucleocapsid (bioRxiv)
• Letters read on TWiV 873
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Picks

Brianne – The Dinosaur Age May Have Ended in Springtime Alan – The Track of the Typhoon, and me reading it. Rich – 12 Monkeys Vincent – Anna Mason’s Art Channel

Listener Picks

Richard – SARS-CoV-2 in animals: Situation report #9 Jason – Counting App and CountThings from Photos

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv