270: Magnets and Salt Improve Plastics Production by Archaea

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">TWiM explores the use of Archaea to produce plastics from molasses wastewater, and a bacterial defense against bacteriophage infection that involves depletion of deoxynucleotides.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Become a</span> <a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">patron</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of TWiM.</span></p> <h2><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Improving <a href="https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00305-22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plastics production by Archaea</a> (Appl Environ Micro)</li> <li><a href= "https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/gc/d0gc01647k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biodegradability of PHA</a> (Green Chem)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.gehealthcare.com/article/what-does-tesla-mean-for-an-mri-and-its-magnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What does tesla mean for an MRI</a> and its magnet? (GE)</li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01158-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bacteria deplete nucleotides to block phages</a> (Nat Micro)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-265/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Antiphage hotspots in bacteria</a> (TWiM 265)</li> <li><a href="https://asm.org/twimpoll" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Take the TWiM Listener surve</a>y!</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by</span> <a href= "http://ronaldjenkees.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ronald Jenkees</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and used with permission.</span></p> <p>Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or recorded audio) to <a href= "mailto:twim@microbe.tv">twim@microbe.tv</a></p>