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This episode: Newly discovered bacteria can break down especially long-lived type of plastic! Download Episode (6.4 MB, 7 minutes) Show notes: News item 1/News item 2 (loginwall) Journal Paper: Yoshida S, Hiraga K, Takehana T, Taniguchi I, Yamaji H, Maeda Y, Toyohara K, Miyamoto K, Kimura Y, Oda K. 2016. A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate). Science 351:1196–1199. Other interesting stories: Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe at iTunes or Google Play, support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook |