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Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) consists of a microbial consortium that has an important role in wastewater treatment. This study investigates AGS microorganisms cultivated in a laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactor. Metagenomic sequencing was conducted ...

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Microbial genome collection of aerobic granular sludge cultivated in sequencing batch reactors using different carbon source mixtures

Confinement-Controlled Crystallization of Guanine

Monitoring an Emergent Pathogen at Low Incidence in Wastewater Using qPCR: Mpox in Switzerland

In Situ Synthesis of CuxO/N Doped Graphdiyne with Pyridine N Configuration for Ammonia Production via Nitrate Reduction

Optimal regimes for algorithm-assisted human decision-making

From Surfactants to 3D Printing: How Ion-Chelator Pair Interactions Affect the Mechanical Properties of Bioinspired Materials

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Characterization of low-temperature plasmas generated by dielectric barrier discharges for bacterial inactivation

Osmosis-driven stiffening of structured hydrogels

The Mn(VII)-H2O2 oxidation process: Abatement of electron-deficient N-containing organic compounds

MRI characterization of in vitro clots at 3T and 7T: A technical note

Beyond the coupled distortion model: structural analysis of the single domain cupredoxin AcoP, a green mononuclear copper centre with original features

Characterization of a flexible a-Si:H detector for in vivo dosimetry in therapeutic x-ray beams

Membrane specificity of the human cholesterol transfer protein STARD4

Microstructure - Electrochemical Surface Reactivity Relationship of Electrochemically Grown Manganese Oxides Films

The rule of four: anomalous distributions in the stoichiometries of inorganic compounds

Ru(II)-Arene Complexes of Curcumin and Bisdesmethoxycurcumin Metabolites

Large Libraries of Structurally Diverse Macrocycles Suitable for Membrane Permeation

Wandering principal optical axes in van der Waals triclinic materials

Homogeneous vs. heterogeneous photo-Fenton elimination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria bearing intracellular or extracellular resistance: Do resistance mechanisms interfere with disinfection pathways?