Little alginates synthesized in EPS: Evidences from high-throughput community and metagenes.

As a significant structure in activated sludge, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) hold considerable value regarding resource recovery and applications. The present study aimed to elucidate the relationship between the microbial community and the composition and properties of EPS. A biological nutrient removal (BNR) reactor was set up in the laboratory and controlled under different solid retention times (SRT), altering microbial species within the system.

Total synthesis of sphingofungin F based on chiral tricyclic iminolactone.

A new, efficient synthesis of sphingofungin F has been accomplished with 10.4% overall yield in 15 steps. The salient features of the synthesis are the utilization of methyl tricyclic iminolactone 3 for the asymmetric aldol reaction as a key step to introduce two desired stereogenic centers, one-pot reaction for the synthesis of omega-hydroxyketone from epsilon-caprolactone, and an effective one-step deprotection strategy to remove all protecting groups using 0.