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Chao Song, Fanfan Cai, Shuang Yang, Ligong Wang, Guangqing Liu, Chang Chen
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Feiyang Xu, Minghao Geng, Xinmiao Meng, Yue Diao, Ying Gao
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Yadan Luo, Baojie Liu, Baojuan Deng, Xing Long, Zicheng Du, Chengrong Qin, Chen Liang, Caoxing Huang, Shuangquan Yao
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Meixin Guo, Meng Guo, Yong Wang, Mingxiao Li, Xuejiao Qi, Sijia Wei, Xuan Jia
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Mohsen Sabzi-Nojadeh, Mohammad Pouresmaeil, Mina Amani, Mehdi Younessi-Hamzekhanlu, Filippo Maggi
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Jeremy Z. Yan, Prashant Kumar, Wolfgang Rauch
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Yongteng Zhao, Qingwei Wang, Dan Gu, Feiyan Huang, Jiani Liu, Lei Yu, Xuya Yu
Summary: This review highlights the role of melatonin in promoting the accumulation of high-value metabolites and enhancing stress resistance in microalgae. It discusses the underlying mechanisms of melatonin and offers new perspectives on utilizing it to improve microalgal productivity and stress resistance in challenging environments.
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Yaju Xue, Xiuling Ji, Zhuang Li, Fuqiang Ma, Jingjie Jiang, Yuhong Huang
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Yu Liu, Lei Li, Aichen Zhao, Xiuming Song, Lulu Wei, Mengdi Fang, Chuchu Zheng, Xiaodong Zhu
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Mesut Budak, Mirac Kilic, Hikmet Guenal, Ismail Velik, Mesut Sirri
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Marcos Vinicius Silva de Andrade, Simone Ribeiro Lucho, Renato Delmondez de Castro, Paulo Roberto Ribeiro
Summary: Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, commonly known as stevia, is a widely cultivated shrub with highly sweetening metabolites. It has gained significant interest in the food and beverage industries due to its extremely sweet taste and various health benefits. Researchers are currently focused on studying biotechnological strategies to enhance the biosynthesis of stevia plant metabolites for improved cultivation and production.
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Zechun Ren, Xinyuan Zhou, Kejiao Ding, Tong Ji, Hao Sun, Xiang Chi, Yunzhao Wei, Min Xu
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Zhengyu Yan, Dahong Chen, Ye Qiu, Dongyi Li, Chen Yan, Jiannan Li, Da Li, Guohong Liu, Yujie Feng
Summary: A pilot-scale carbon fibers enhanced ecological floating beds (CF-EFBs) were constructed and found to have better removal efficiency for nitrogen, phosphorus, and chemical oxygen demand compared to non-enhanced EFBs. The concentrations of COD, TIN, and TP in the effluent were 18.11 +/- 4.52 mgL-1, 1.95 +/- 0.92 mgL-1, and 0.13 +/- 0.08 mgL-1 respectively, while the average removal of TIN, TP, and COD from tailwater was 0.96 gm- 2d-1, 0.07 gm- 2d-1, and 2.37 gm- 2d-1 respectively.
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Chen Fang, Ya Su, Qianting Zhuo, Xiaoli Wang, Shuangshuang Ma, Muqing Zhan, Xueqin He, Guangqun Huang
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Zhihao Peng, Qiong Zhang, Xiyao Li, Shouyou Gao, Caifang Jiang, Yongzhen Peng
Summary: In this study, steady endogenous partial denitrification (EdPD) was achieved by regulating the competition and cooperation between microorganisms, resulting in a balanced phosphorus removal efficiency and nitrite transformation rate, which contributed to advanced nitrogen removal.
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Chong Shen, Yizeng Li, Gang Lu, Qin Meng
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Yuan Sui, You-Wei Cui, Ji-Lin Huang, Meng-Jiao Xu
Summary: The feast/famine ratio was found to regulate the population succession of autotrophic ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification (HN-AD) bacteria, providing a solution for enriching HN-AD bacteria in halophilic aerobic granular sludge (HAGS) systems.
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Siqi Zhang, Jingyi Cao, Yajiao Zheng, Meifang Hou, Lili Song, Jiandie Na, Yiqiang Jiang, Yichen Huang, Tianyi Liu, Hua Wei
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Yixiang Cai, Feng Liu, Guiyi He, Xiaoliang Kong, Yuexi Jiang, Ji Liu, Binghua Yan, Shunan Zhang, Jiachao Zhang, Zhiyong Yan
Summary: This study used Trichoderma and activated sludge to construct combined activated sludge (TAS) and employed a metagenomic approach to investigate the shift in microbial community structure and function of TAS under amoxicillin stress. The findings revealed that increased abundance of certain genes contributed to the reduction in total phosphorus removal by TAS, while increased abundance of specific bacterial phyla improved TP removal. Furthermore, antibiotic inactivation has become the primary antibiotic resistance mechanism in TAS.
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Yuping Li, Ziyan Xie, Yun Huang, Jiangyi Zeng, Chao Yang, Ling Yuan, Ying Wang, Yongqing Li
Summary: In this study, the characteristic flavonoids (CFs) of three licorice species were identified through integrated metabolic and transcriptomic analysis. The key regulators of CF biosynthesis were also identified. These findings provide valuable information for understanding the biosynthesis of CFs and future breeding of Glycyrrhiza varieties.
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