Single-cell Raman spectroscopy and synthetic microbiology power microbial-driven extraterrestrial domestic wastewater treatment
Xu Wang, Haonan Fan, Liangchang Zhang, Yuhan Ge, Cancan Jiang, Xuliang Zhuang · 2026
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Xu Wang and colleagues propose microbe-based wastewater recycling for long-term space habitats in a 2026 perspective. Closed-loop water recovery is essential off Earth, and microbe systems promise lower energy use than chemical systems. Habitat wastewater, though, brings high ammonium, a low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, and stacked stresses that break standard setups.
Their answer joins synthetic microbiology with single-cell Raman spectroscopy, a light method that fingerprints single cells. Paired with isotope tracing, it can pick out hardy working microbes without long enrichment cultures. The same tool could watch the system live, giving early warnings and smarter control for resilient space water loops.
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| CREATOR | Xu Wang, Haonan Fan, Liangchang Zhang, Yuhan Ge, Cancan Jiang, Xuliang Zhuang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26994 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |