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1 Indonesian Culture Collection (InaCC)-Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia

2 Research Center for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia

3 Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute Science and Technology National, Jakarta, Indonesia

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