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@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ tags:
   - _k_-mer
 authors:
   - affiliation: 1
-    name: Véronique Legrand
+    name: Véronique   Legrand
   - affiliation: "2, 3"
-    name:   Thomas Kergrohen
+    name:   Thomas   Kergrohen
   - affiliation: 1
-    name:   Nicolas Joly^[deceased]
+    name:   Nicolas   Joly^[deceased]
   - affiliation: "4, 5"
-    name:   Alexis Criscuolo^[corresponding author]
+    name:   Alexis   Criscuolo^[corresponding author]
     orcid: 0000-0002-8212-5215
 affiliations:
  - index: 1