# 338: Rewriting the Code of Life

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Podcast: [This Week in Microbiology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-microbiology-1045713)
Published: 2025-08-16T04:30:50+00:00
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## Resource

TWiM discusses outbreak of Legionnaires disease in Harlem NY, an automated whole genome sequencing platform for bacterial strain typing in clinical microbiology laboratories, building E. coli with a 57-codon genetic code. Links for this episode Legionnaires' disease outbreak in NY (NY Health) Automated whole genome sequencing for clinical labs (J Clin Micro) Sequencing workflow for outbreaks (J Clin Micro) Rewriting code of life (NYTimes) E. coli with a 57-codon genetic code (Science) E. coli with one stop codon ( TWiM 330 ) Become a patron of TWiM. Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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