Abstract：
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journal_name
J Microbiol Biotechnoljournal_title
Journal of microbiology and biotechnologyauthors
Thong KL,Junnie J,Liew FY,Yusof MY,Hanifah YAsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-10-01 00:00:00pages
1265-70issue
10eissn
1017-7825issn
1738-8872pii
JMB019-10-29journal_volume
19pub_type
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