I regret to inform you that our reviewers have now considered your paper but unfortunately feel it unsuitable for publication in Biof....... ?

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Do you think quintity of research articles, really reflect the experties of authors?

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What you are thinking when you have time and skills to work but you don't have resources.

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How to differentiate plaque formation by Bacteriocin and bacteriophage by plaque assay?

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Journals were made to publish research. now research are done to get published in a journal?????

Do you Agree

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Which Bacteria is This?

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How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

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I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

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Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

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Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration fors?

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Is there any one who can provide a donation of HPV detection and genotyping kits in exchange collaboration forms?

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How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

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