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Stacey, G., Possee, R. (1996). Safety aspects of insect cell culture. In: Vlak, J., de Gooijer, C., Tramper, J., Miltenburger, H. (eds) Insect Cell Culture: Fundamental and Applied Aspects. Current Applications of Cell Culture Engineering, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46850-6_26
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