About the Authors
- Katrin Steinhauer
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: katrin.steinhauer@schuelke.com
Affiliation Research & Regulatory Affairs, Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany
- Sonja Meyer
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Department Life Science Technologies, Microbiology, Lemgo, Germany
- Jens Pfannebecker
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Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Department Life Science Technologies, Microbiology, Lemgo, Germany
- Karin Teckemeyer
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Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Research & Regulatory Affairs, Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany
- Klaus Ockenfeld
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Environment and Health, Deutsches Kupferinstitut Berufsverband e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany
- Klaus Weber
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Research & Regulatory Affairs, Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany
- Barbara Becker
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Department Life Science Technologies, Microbiology, Lemgo, Germany
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The authors KS, KT and KW are employees of Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Germany. KO is employee of the German copper society. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and material.