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The effect of microplastics on soil nitrifying microorganisms
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This record contains only acknowledgments from a thesis, written in Greek, with no research findings or study details included. No information about the effect of microplastics on soil nitrifying microorganisms is available from this text to summarize.
ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΙΕΣ Αρχικά, θα ήθελα να εκφράσω τις ευχαριστίες μου στον Καθηγητή κ.Δημήτριο Καρπούζα για τη δυνατότητα που μου έδωσε να εκπονήσω την πτυχιακή μου εργασία καθώς και για την εμπιστοσύνη που μου έδειξε κατά την περάτωση αυτής.Οι σημαντικές υποδείξεις και συμβουλές του με κατεύθυναν σ' ένα σωστό τρόπο σκέψης και μου προσέφεραν σημαντικά εφόδια για τη μετέπειτα ζωή μου.Επιπρόσθετα, θα ήθελα να ευχαριστήσω τα μέλη της τριμελούς επιτροπής, τον Επίκουρο Καθηγητή κ.Βασιλειάδη Σωτήριο και την Καθηγήτρια κ.Παπαδοπούλου Καλλιόπη για τις πολύτιμές συμβουλές τους και την κατανόηση τους.Θα ήθελα να ευχαριστήσω ακόμα, όλους τους καθηγητές του μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος Βιοτεχνολογίας-Ποιότητα Διατροφής και Περιβάλλοντος του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας για τις πολύτιμες γνώσεις που μου προσέφεραν και τη συμβολή τους στη συνολικότερη πρόοδο μου ως άτομο.Τέλος, θέλω να εκφράσω ένα τεράστιο ευχαριστώ στην οικογένεια μου, για τη στήριξη και την εμπιστοσύνη.
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