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Since the discovery of the remarkable properties of chitin and of its derivative, chitosan, offering a wide range of possible industrial and agricultural applications 1,2,3, the need of new and trusting sources of chitin for its isolation on an industrial scale was claimed.
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Jeuniaux, C., Bussers, J.C., Voss-Foucart, M.F., Poulicek, M. (1986). Chitin Production by Animals and Natural Communities in Marine Environment. In: Muzzarelli, R., Jeuniaux, C., Gooday, G.W. (eds) Chitin in Nature and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2167-5_61
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