Acknowledgement
The Department of Microbiology was supported through the Research-Focused Department Promotion Project as a part of the University Innovation Support Program for Dankook University in 2021. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Center for Bio-Medical Engineering Core Facility at Dankook University for providing valuable reagents and research space. The authors have appreciatively acknowledged the Optolane for providing valuable data.
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