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Congratulations to Yunus Tuncil

Congratulations to Yunus Tuncil, his poster "Human colon bacteria show substrate dependent hierarchical preference to dietary fibers, with structure determining rank" was selected by the judges as first place winner of the 2016 AACC International Carbohydrate Division/Megazyme Award at the annual meeting in Savannah, GA, U.S.

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