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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Biomanufacturing Technology & Collaborative Innovation Center, East China University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 329, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China. wangzejian@ecust.edu.cn.

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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