{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"337: Lifestyles of the Plasmids","description":"  TWiM explains a study that examines pathogen presence in ancient humans and concludes that zoonoses emerged 6500 years ago with the domestication of livestock, and determination of universal rules that govern plasmid copy number.    Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello,   Michael Schmidt,  Michele Swanson, and  Petra Levin    Guests:  Mark O. Martin     Become a  patron  of TWiM.    Links for this episode:     Human pathogens  in ancient Eurasia (Nature)    What once   ailed us  (NY Times)    Rules of  plasmid copy number  (Nature Comm)    Scaling laws  of plasmids (Nature Comm)     Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by  Ronald Jenkees  and used with permission.   Send your microbiology questions and comments to  twim@microbe.tv ","author_name":"This Week in Microbiology","author_url":"http:\/\/www.asm.org\/twim\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37583090\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/a53939\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/37583090"}