A chance discovery made by researchers at the University of Glasgow could dramatically reduce the cost of treating water for drinking.
The team, working on an EPSRC-funded project in collaboration with the University of Michigan, analysing bacteria found in drinking water system in the US detected a previously-unknown strain that is capable of transforming ammonia into nitrates in a single step. In existing water treatment systems, ammonia removal is a two-stage process involving two different strains of bacteria.
Read the complete article published by The Engineer, 22 March 2017
