TWiM explains major implications of the link between plastic pollution and antimicrobial resistance, and the discovery of a new organelle, the nitrogen-fixing nitroplast.

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Links for this episode * Plastic pollution and antimicrobial resistance (Appl Envir Micro) * The great Pacific garbage patch (YouTube) * Rumen microbiome (Nat Biotech) * Nitrogen-fixing organelle in marine alga (Science) * This cell just changed biology (YouTube) * Take the TWiM Listener survey!

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