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Episode 231
Published 5 years, 4 months ago
Description
Mark Martin returns to TWiM for a discussion of a predatory bacterium appropriately named Vampirococcus lugosii, and Elio reveals how bacteria can be used on the International Space Station to efficiently extract rare earth elements in microgravity.
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Links for this episode:
- Space Station biomining (Nat Comm)
- Reductive evolution in a predatory bacterium (bioRxiv)
Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
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