This Week in Microbiology   /     I have one word for you: plastics

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On this episode of TWiM, how phages prevent other phages from invading their hosts without blocking their own reproduction, and plastic-degrading potential of microbes across the Earth. Become a patron of TWiM. Links for this episode: Prophages encode phage-defense systems with cognate self-immunity (Cell Host Microbe) Prophages self-destruct to eliminate competitors (Cell Host Microbe) Plastic-degrading potential across global microbiome (mBio) Plastics in our foods (ENV media)

Subtitle
On this episode of TWiM, how phages prevent other phages from invading their hosts without blocking their own reproduction, and plastic-degrading potential of microbes across the Earth. Become a of TWiM. Links for this episode: Prophages encode...
Duration
01:01:19
Publishing date
2022-01-07 02:08
Link
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twimshow/TWiM257.mp3
Contributors
  Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson
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Shownotes

On this episode of TWiM, how phages prevent other phages from invading their hosts without blocking their own reproduction, and plastic-degrading potential of microbes across the Earth.

Become a patron of TWiM.

Links for this episode:

Plastics in our foods (ENV media)