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1 Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2605, USA
2 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
3 Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
4 Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
5 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC 29802, USA
6 Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
7 GBF-Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung GmbH, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany