Biological wastewater treatment has been widely applied to municipal/domestic wastewater
treatment systems. However, low temperature significantly decreases process performance …

Cold environments represent the majority of the biosphere on Earth and have been
successfully colonized by psychrophilic microorganisms that are able to thrive at low …

Due to the intrinsic complexity of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) processes, it is always
challenging to respond promptly and appropriately to the dynamic process conditions in …

Carbon in thawing permafrost soils may have global impacts on climate change; however,
the factors that control its processing and fate are poorly understood. The dominant fate of …

As the earth system changes in response to human activities, a critical objective is to predict
how biogeochemical process rates (eg nitrification, decomposition) and ecosystem function …

Ethyl hexanoate and ethyl butyrate are essential to the flavor compounds in Nongxiangxing
baijiu, but low levels of these two esters in upper fermented grains (FG) decreases the …

This review provides a synthesis of limnological data and conclusions from studies on ponds
and small lakes at our research sites in Subarctic and Arctic Canada, Alaska, northern …

In this study, we investigated the microbiota dynamics during two industrial-scale traditional
solid-state fermentation (SSF) processes of Daqu starters. Similar evolution profiles of …

Salinity is one of the most important environmental factors influencing bacterial plankton
communities in lake waters, while its influence on bacterial interactions has been less …

Aim Data and analyses of elevational gradients in diversity have been central to the
development and evaluation of a range of general theories of biodiversity. Elevational …