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  • 1Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Sarmento Leite 500 sala 154, CEP 90050-170 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEP 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Bioresource Technology
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