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The team led by associate professor He Jianzhong (left) and research fellow Dr. Wang Qingkun discovered Thauera sp. strain SND5 after they isolated and tested various strains of bacteria from wastewater samples. Dr. Wang holds a wastewater sample containing the unique SND5 bacterium. (Photo Courtesy of the National University of Singapore)
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have developed a new way to treat sewage that is simpler, cheaper and greener than existing methods.
Led by associate professor He Jianzhong from NUS Civil and Environmental Engineering, the NUS team found a new strain of...