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BacterioFiles 201 - Plastic-Producing Prokaryote Process

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This episode: Bacteria from wastewater treatment sludge can produce lots of biodegradable plastic!

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Other interesting stories:

  • Soil bacterium spores could treat tumors when injected
  • In mice, antibiotics early in life disrupt metabolism
  • Figuring out what our microbiome does in the body after we die (paper)
  • Microbes affect geological formations in caves
  • Insect gut microbes may be good source of new antibiotics

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    Image: Colonies of B. subtilis. By: Wikipedia user: Debivort

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