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Karl Forchhammer1

  • 1Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Interdisziplinäres Forschungszentrum der Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, Giessen 35392, Germany. karl.forchhammer@mikro.bio.uni-giessen.de

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