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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support of these studies by the Fach-

agentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V., Gu ̈lzow, Germany, the Deutsche For-

schungsgemeinschaft (DFG; Schwerpunktprogramm Peroxidchemie/Sauerstoff-

transfer) and Cognis Deutschland GmbH (formerly Henkel KGaA), Du ̈sseldorf,

Germany. NovozymÒ 435 has been supplied by Novo Nordisk Biotechnologie

GmbH, Mainz, Germany and 60 % H 2 O 2 by Solvay Deutschland GmbH, Han-

nover, Germany.

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