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(a) Bacteria number inside alginate-based beads during 4 °C storage determined via plate count method. (b) Fraction of live bacteria inside alginate-based beads during storage at 4 °C determined via live/dead staining; the data are presented as arithmetic mean ± standard deviation calculated from at least three biological replicates.
