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    "Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. askar.kholikov@hhu.de.",
    "Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 100128, Uzbekistan.",
    "Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.",
    "University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.",
    "State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China.",
    "State Key Laboratory of Green Biomanufacturing, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.",
    "Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 100128, Uzbekistan. amakhsumkhanov@gmail.com."
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