Cost-effective urine recycling enabled by a synthetic osteoyeast platform for production of hydroxyapatite

Müller, Isaak E.; Lin, Alex Y. W.; Otani, Yusuke; Zhang, Xinyi; Wu, Zong-Yen; Kisailus, David; Mouncey, Nigel J.; Guest, Jeremy S.; Rad, Behzad; Ercius, Peter; Yoshikuni, Yasuo

doi:10.1038/s41467-025-59416-8

Title: Cost-effective urine recycling enabled by a synthetic osteoyeast platform for production of hydroxyapatite

Journal Article · Tue May 06 00:00:00 UTC 2025 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59416-8 · OSTI ID:2564796

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Department of Energy; USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Scientific User Facilities Division (SC-22.3 )

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2564796

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 16; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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