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Wastewater genomics

A metagenomic sequencing effort sheds light on the biology of wastewater treatment.

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Figure 1: Control of the redox balance by A. phosphatis in an EBPR system under anaerobic conditions.

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Mino, T., Satoh, H. Wastewater genomics. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1229–1230 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1006-1229

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