Today Dr. David Baltrus, Associate Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona, talks with us about how his laboratory studies bacteria that battle one another; the first rule of this fight club is that EVERYONE talks about Microbial Fight Club. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: David Baltrus Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode Here is a wonderful and easy to read essay about bacterial predators, including Bdellovibrio, from Scientific American. “2001:  A Space Odyssey” remains an important motion picture. The animated movie “The Iron Giant” is entertaining and has important messages.  Kaitlin Kariko, Drew Weissman, and the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Jo Handelsman’s wonderful “Tiny Earth” program, helping students to search for new antibiotic producing bacteria.   Elio Schaechter’s absolutely essential guide/view of the changing microbial landscape in terms of organizing our knowledge. A nice introductory review of tailocins. A more exhaustive review of talocins. A really interesting article on this topic—and how tailocins might be used in agriculture— from Dr. Baltrus’ laboratory. Dr. Baltrus’ laboratory website can be found here. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to mattersmicrobial@gmail.com