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1 School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

2 Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kiev, Ukraine

3 Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

4 Antwerp Maritime Academy and Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

\*Address all correspondence to: a.spiers@abertay.ac.uk

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