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How are scientists transforming our understanding of the microbes used in AD?

DNA sequencing is helping us to understand more about the microbes in AD. Watch James Chong explain more.

Although anaerobic digestion is used at a large scale to manage our waste, the microbial communities at the heart of the process are not well understood.

Professor James Chong explains how DNA sequencing is helping us to understand what the different types of microbes do, and how they behave. This information could help us to optimise the AD process.

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