Contents: March 2000, Volume 66, Issue 3        Public Health Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Mycology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Methods        Geomicrobiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Leaching of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Diverse Soils under Various Agricultural Management Practices Joel V. Gagliardi and Jeffrey S. Karns Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 877-883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Acanthamoeba castellanii on Intracellular Growth of Different Legionella Species in Human Monocytes B. Neumeister, G. Reiff, M. Faigle, K. Dietz, H. Northoff, and F. Lang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 914-919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Lyme Disease Borrelia spp. in Ticks from Migratory Birds on the Japanese Mainland Fubito Ishiguro, Nobuhiro Takada, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, and Takako Fukui Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 982-986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flow Cytometry for Determination of the Efficacy of Contact Lens Disinfecting Solutions against Acanthamoeba spp. Roya N. Borazjani, Lauren L. May, Judith A. Noble, Simon V. Avery, and Donald G. Ahearn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1057-1061; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of Hyphomicrobium Populations in Activated Sludge from an Industrial Wastewater Treatment System as Determined by 16S rRNA Analysis A. C. Layton, P. N. Karanth, C. A. Lajoie, A. J. Meyers, I. R. Gregory, R. D. Stapleton, D. E. Taylor, and G. S. Sayler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1167-1174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A New Shiga Toxin 2 Variant (Stx2f) from Escherichia coli Isolated from Pigeons Herbert Schmidt, Jürgen Scheef, Stefano Morabito, Alfredo Caprioli, Lothar H. Wieler, and Helge Karch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1205-1208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Fungal Biofilms within a Municipal Water Distribution System M. Steven Doggett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1249-1251; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Overexpression of Trigger Factor Prevents Aggregation of Recombinant Proteins in Escherichia coli Kazuyo Nishihara, Masaaki Kanemori, Hideki Yanagi, and Takashi Yura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 884-889; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Enhancement of Thermostability and Catalytic Activity of Phospholipase A1 by Evolutionary Molecular Engineering Jae Kwang Song and Joon Shick Rhee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 890-894; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Cloning and Nucleotide Sequencing and Properties of a Cocaine Esterase from Rhodococcus sp. Strain MB1 Matthew M. Bresler, Susan J. Rosser, Amrik Basran, and Neil C. Bruce Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 904-908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Genetic Analysis of Chromosomal Regions of Lactococcus lactis Acquired by Recombinant Lytic Phages Evelyn Durmaz and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 895-903; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiplex PCR for Detection and Identification of Lactococcal Bacteriophages Steve Labrie and Sylvain Moineau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 987-994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevention of Yeast Spoilage in Feed and Food by the Yeast Mycocin HMK K. F. Lowes, C. A. Shearman, J. Payne, D. MacKenzie, D. B. Archer, R. J. Merry, and M. J. Gasson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1066-1076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Bruised Apple (Malus domestica) Tissue as Influenced by Cultivar, Date of Harvest, and Source Douglas W. Dingman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1077-1083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and Determination of Origin of Lactic Acid Bacteria from a Sorghum-Based Fermented Weaning Food by Analysis of Soluble Proteins and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Fingerprinting Nokuthula F. Kunene, Ifigenia Geornaras, Alexander von Holy, and John W. Hastings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1084-1092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reactivation of Insertionally Inactivated Shiga Toxin 2 Genes of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Caused by Nonreplicative Transposition of the Insertion Sequence Masahiro Kusumoto, Yoshiaki Nishiya, and Yoshihisa Kawamura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1133-1138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antagonistic Activity of Lactobacillus acidophilus LB against Intracellular Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infecting Human Enterocyte-Like Caco-2/TC-7 Cells Marie-Hélène Coconnier, Vanessa Liévin, Mathie Lorrot, and Alain L. Servin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1152-1157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibitory Effects of Collagen on the PCR for Detection of Clostridium perfringens Sangburm Kim, Ronald G. Labbe, and Sangryeol Ryu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1213-1215; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of the Pyruvate Carboxylase Gene in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis C2 H. Wang, D. J. O'Sullivan, K. A. Baldwin, and L. L. McKay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1223-1227; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Inactivation of Isocitrate Lyase Leads to Increased Production of Medium-Chain-Length Poly(3-Hydroxyalkanoates) in Pseudomonas putida Stefan Klinke, Michael Dauner, George Scott, Birgit Kessler, and Bernard Witholt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 909-913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Outer Membrane Proteins in Escherichia coli Growing at Acid pH Mikiko Sato, Kazuhiro Machida, Eri Arikado, Hiromi Saito, Tomohito Kakegawa, and Hiroshi Kobayashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 943-947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of pH and Trace Minerals on Long-Term Starvation of Leuconostoc mesenteroides Dong-Shik Kim, Steven Thomas, and H. Scott Fogler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 976-981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Affinity Maltose Binding and Transport by the Thermophilic Anaerobe Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus 39E C. R. Jones, M. Ray, K. A. Dawson, and H. J. Strobel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 995-1000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Affect Citrinin Production in the Filamentous Fungus Monascus ruber Hassan Hajjaj, Alain Klaébé, Gérard Goma, Philippe J. Blanc, Estelle Barbier, and Jean François Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1120-1125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reductive Cleavage of Demeton-S-Methyl by Corynebacterium glutamicum in Cometabolism on More Readily Metabolizable Substrates Laurence Girbal, Didier Hilaire, Sébastien Leduc, Laure Delery, Jean-Luc Rols, and Nicholas D. Lindley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1202-1204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Nonantibiotic Dominant Marker for Positively Selecting Expression Plasmids in Multivalent Salmonella Vaccines Hesta V. McNeill, Katharine A. Sinha, Carlos E. Hormaeche, Jeong Jin Lee, and C. M. Anjam Khan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1216-1219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transient Growth Requirement in Bacillus subtilis following the Cessation of Exponential Growth Huang-Mo Sung and Ronald E. Yasbin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1220-1222; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Acyl Coenzyme A Oxidase Isozymes in Biotransformation of Methyl Ricinoleate into -Decalactone by Yarrowia lipolytica Yves Waché, Céline Laroche, Karin Bergmark, Charlotte Møller-Andersen, Mario Aguedo, Marie-Thérèse Le Dall, Huijie Wang, Jean-Marc Nicaud, and Jean-Marc Belin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1233-1236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Copper Induction of Laccase Isoenzymes in the Ligninolytic Fungus Pleurotus ostreatus Gianna Palmieri, Paola Giardina, Carmen Bianco, Bianca Fontanella, and Giovanni Sannia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 920-924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Laccase from Marasmius quercophilus Boghos Dedeyan, Agnieszka Klonowska, Simone Tagger, Thierry Tron, Gilles Iacazio, Gérard Gil, and Jean Le Petit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 925-929; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fusarium Species from Nepalese Rice and Production of Mycotoxins and Gibberellic Acid by Selected Species A. E. Desjardins, H. K. Manandhar, R. D. Plattner, G. G. Manandhar, S. M. Poling, and C. M. Maragos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1020-1025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Succession of Microbial Communities during Hot Composting as Detected by PCR-Single-Strand-Conformation Polymorphism-Based Genetic Profiles of Small-Subunit rRNA Genes Sabine Peters, Stefanie Koschinsky, Frank Schwieger, and Christoph C. Tebbe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 930-936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation and Mineralization of High-Molecular-Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Defined Fungal-Bacterial Cocultures Sudarat Boonchan, Margaret L. Britz, and Grant A. Stanley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1007-1019; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization To Examine Relationships between Mycolic Acid-Containing Actinomycetes and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants Russell J. Davenport, Thomas P. Curtis, Michael Goodfellow, Fiona M. Stainsby, and Marc Bingley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1158-1166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Propachlor Removal by Pseudomonas Strain GCH1 in an Immobilized-Cell System M. Martín, G. Mengs, E. Plaza, C. Garbi, M. Sánchez, A. Gibello, F. Gutierrez, and E. Ferrer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1190-1194; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Nickel Availability and hupSL Activation by Heterologous Regulators Limit Symbiotic Expression of the Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Viciae Hydrogenase System in Hup Rhizobia Belén Brito, Jorge Monza, Juan Imperial, Tomás Ruiz-Argüeso, and Jose Manuel Palacios Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 937-942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Frequency and Biodiversity of 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol-Producing Bacteria Isolated from the Maize Rhizosphere at Different Stages of Plant Growth C. Picard, F. Di Cello, M. Ventura, R. Fani, and A. Guckert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 948-955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

pH Regulation of Pectate Lyase Secretion Modulates the Attack of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on Avocado Fruits Nir Yakoby, Ilana Kobiler, Amos Dinoor, and Dov Prusky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1026-1030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival and Epiphytic Fitness of a Nonpathogenic Mutant of Xanthomonas campestris pv. Glycines Yaya Rukayadi, Antonius Suwanto, Budi Tjahjono, and Rob Harling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1183-1189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Increase in Bacterial Community Diversity in Subsurface Aquifers Receiving Livestock Wastewater Input Jang-Cheon Cho and Sang-Jong Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 956-965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Ordered Vertical Structure of Synechococcus Populations within the One-Millimeter-Thick Photic Zone of a Hot Spring Cyanobacterial Mat Niels Birger Ramsing, Mike J. Ferris, and David M. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1038-1049; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Initial Colonization, Nutrient Supply, and Fungal Activity on Leaves Decaying in Streams K. R. Sridhar and Felix Bärlocher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1114-1119; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Polyphosphate-Accumulating Organisms and Design of 16S rRNA-Directed Probes for Their Detection and Quantitation Gregory R. Crocetti, Philip Hugenholtz, Philip L. Bond, Andrew Schuler, Jürg Keller, David Jenkins, and Linda L. Blackall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1175-1182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selected Chitinase Genes in Cultured and Uncultured Marine Bacteria in the - and -Subclasses of the Proteobacteria Matthew T. Cottrell, Daniel N. Wood, Liying Yu, and David L. Kirchman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1195-1201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Atypical Polyphosphate Accumulation by the Denitrifying Bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans Yoram Barak and Jaap van Rijn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1209-1212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of Acinetobacter sp. Strain BD413(pFG4nptII) with Transgenic Plant DNA in Soil Microcosms and Effects of Kanamycin on Selection of Transformants Kaare M. Nielsen, Jan D. van Elsas, and Kornelia Smalla Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1237-1242; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Molecular Analysis of the pmo (Particulate Methane Monooxygenase) Operons from Two Type II Methanotrophs Bettina Gilbert, Ian R. McDonald, Ruth Finch, Graham P. Stafford, Allan K. Nielsen, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 966-975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Bile Acid 7-Dehydroxylation Operon in Clostridium sp. Strain TO-931, a Highly Active 7-Dehydroxylating Strain Isolated from Human Feces James E. Wells and Phillip B. Hylemon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1107-1113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Analysis of the tutE tutFDGH Gene Cluster from Thauera aromatica Strain T1 Peter W. Coschigano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1147-1151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcal Surface Display of Metal-Binding Polyhistidyl Peptides Patrik Samuelson, Henrik Wernérus, Malin Svedberg, and Stefan Ståhl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1243-1248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Detection of DNA Damage in Prokaryotes by Terminal Deoxyribonucleotide Transferase-Mediated dUTP Nick End Labeling Forest Rohwer and Farooq Azam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1001-1006; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Flow Cytometry Method for Rapid Detection and Enumeration of Total Bacteria in Milk Thusitha S. Gunasekera, Paul V. Attfield, and Duncan A. Veal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1228-1232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Selective Inhibition of the Oxidation of Ferrous Iron or Sulfur in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Lesia Harahuc, Hector M. Lizama, and Isamu Suzuki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1031-1037; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Fe(III), Mn(IV), and Toxic Metals at 100°C by Pyrobaculum islandicum Kazem Kashefi and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1050-1056; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Reductive Dissolution of Crystalline Fe(III) Oxide in Continuous-Flow Column Reactors Eric E. Roden, Matilde M. Urrutia, and Carroll J. Mann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1062-1065; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biomarker Evidence for Widespread Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in Mediterranean Sediments by a Consortium of Methanogenic Archaea and Bacteria Richard D. Pancost, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Saskia de Lint, Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel, Jan C. Gottschal, and The Medinaut Shipboard Scientific Party Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1126-1132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Cyt1A from Bacillus thuringiensis Synergizes Activity of Bacillus sphaericus against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Margaret C. Wirth, Brian A. Federici, and William E. Walton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1093-1097; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic and Biochemical Diversity among Isolates of Paenibacillus alvei Cultured from Australian Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Colonies Steven P. Djordjevic, Wendy A. Forbes, Lisa A. Smith, and Michael A. Hornitzky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1098-1106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selected Bacterial Strains Protect Artemia spp. from the Pathogenic Effects of Vibrio proteolyticus CW8T2 Laurent Verschuere, Hanglamong Heang, Godelieve Criel, Patrick Sorgeloos, and Willy Verstraete Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1139-1146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Molecular Basis of a Bacterial Consortium: Interspecies Catabolism of Atrazine Mervyn L. De Souza, David Newcombe, Sam Alvey, David E. Crowley, Anthony Hay, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Lawrence P. Wackett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1252 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Introduction of Peptidase Genes from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis into Lactococcus lactis and Controlled Expression U. Wegmann, J. R. Klein, I. Drumm, O. P. Kuipers, and B. Henrich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2000 66: 1252 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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