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Figure 8. Activated sludge floc structure in the N-Reactor and G-Reactor taken by the phase contrast
microscopy at 100× on Day 32. The scale of the picture is 1024 × 768 µm.

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Figure 9. Proportions of extracellular polymeric substances (carbohydrate and protein) in the biomass in
the N-Reactor and the G-Reactor.