Short-read, high-throughput sequencing (HTS) methods have yielded numerous important
insights into microbial ecology and function. Yet, in many instances short-read HTS …

The conventional microbial cell analyses are mostly population-averaged methods that
conceal the characteristics of single-cell in the community. Single-cell analysis can provide …

Analytical technologies that can improve disease diagnosis are highly sought after. Current
screening/diagnostic tests for several diseases are limited by their moderate diagnostic …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in soils represents a serious risk to human health through
the food chain and human–nature contact. However, the active antibiotic-resistant bacteria …

Raman spectroscopy can realize qualitative and quantitative characterization, and surface-
enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) can further enhance its detection sensitivity. In …

Liquid biopsy for determining the presence of cancer and the underlying tissue of origin is
crucial to overcome the limitations of existing tissue biopsy and imaging-based techniques …

Numerous studies have been conducted to characterize and identify microplastics (MPs),
however, there is a lack of effective standardization and methodologies among different …

Polyphosphate (polyP) accumulating organisms (PAOs) are the key agent to perform
enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) activity, and intracellular polyP plays a …

While the adsorption/bio-oxidation (A/B) process has been widely studied for carbon capture
and shortcut nitrogen (N) removal, its integration with enhanced biological phosphorus (P) …

We first review current knowledge on PAOs, with a focus on bacteria, in terms of their
phylogenetic identities, metabolic pathways and detection methods. We further discuss the …