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Contents: February 2007, Volume 73, Issue 3

       Minireviews

       Food Microbiology

       Microbial Ecology

       Public Health Microbiology

       Methods

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Mycology

       Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

       Invertebrate Microbiology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Plant Microbiology

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Bacterial Genes Responsible for the Biosynthesis of Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids and Their Heterologous Expression
Hidetoshi Okuyama, Yoshitake Orikasa, Takanori Nishida, Kazuo Watanabe, and Naoki Morita
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 665-670; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02270-06
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Food Microbiology:

Greater Diversity of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophage Insertion Sites among Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates from Cattle than in Those from Humans
Thomas E. Besser, Nurmohammad Shaikh, Nicholas J. Holt, Phillip I. Tarr, Michael E. Konkel, Preeti Malik-Kale, Coilin W. Walsh, Thomas S. Whittam, and James L. Bono
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 671-679; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01035-06
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Antibiotic Resistances of Starter and Probiotic Strains of Lactic Acid Bacteria
Anja S. Hummel, Christian Hertel, Wilhelm H. Holzapfel, and Charles M. A. P. Franz
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 730-739; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02105-06
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Biotransformation of Patulin by Gluconobacter oxydans
A. Ricelli, F. Baruzzi, M. Solfrizzo, M. Morea, and F. P. Fanizzi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 785-792; published ahead of print November 17, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02032-06
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Inhibitory Impact of Bifidobacteria on the Transfer of ß-Lactam Resistance among Enterobacteriaceae in the Gnotobiotic Mouse Digestive Tract
C. Moubareck, M. Lecso, E. Pinloche, M. J. Butel, and F. Doucet-Populaire
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 855-860; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02001-06
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Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus Growth on Tellurite-Containing Media by Lactobacillus reuteri Is Dependent on CyuC and Thiol Production
Mark S. Turner, Raquel Lo, and Philip M. Giffard
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1005-1009; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02100-06
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Recovery of Mycobacterium bovis from Soft Fresh Cheese Originating in Mexico
N. Beth Harris, Janet Payeur, Doris Bravo, Ruben Osorio, Tod Stuber, David Farrell, Debra Paulson, Scarlett Treviso, Andrea Mikolon, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, Shannon Cernek-Hoskins, Robert Rast, Michele Ginsberg, and Hailu Kinde
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1025-1028; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01956-06
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Differentiation of Listeria monocytogenes Serovars by Using Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Fourier-Transformed Infrared Spectra
Cecilia A. Rebuffo-Scheer, Jürgen Schmitt, and Siegfried Scherer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1036-1040; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02004-06
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Microbial Ecology:

Correlation of Functional Instability and Community Dynamics in Denitrifying Dispersed-Growth Reactors
M. E. Gentile, C. M. Jessup, J. L. Nyman, and C. S. Criddle
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 680-690; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01519-06
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Prevalence of Streptococcus suis Genotypes in Wild Boars of Northwestern Germany
Christoph G. Baums, Gerd Josef Verkühlen, Thomas Rehm, Luciana M. G. Silva, Martin Beyerbach, Klaus Pohlmeyer, and Peter Valentin-Weigand
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 711-717; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01800-06
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Diversity of Fungi, Bacteria, and Actinomycetes on Leaves Decomposing in a Stream
Mitali Das, Todd V. Royer, and Laura G. Leff
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 756-767; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01170-06
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Identification of Bacterial Groups Preferentially Associated with Mycorrhizal Roots of Medicago truncatula
P. Offre, B. Pivato, S. Siblot, E. Gamalero, T. Corberand, P. Lemanceau, and C. Mougel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 913-921; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02042-06
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Succession of Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria in the Microbial Community on Corroding Concrete in Sewer Systems
Satoshi Okabe, Mitsunori Odagiri, Tsukasa Ito, and Hisashi Satoh
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 971-980; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02054-06
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Chronic Helicobacter pylori Infection Does Not Significantly Alter the Microbiota of the Murine Stomach
Mai Ping Tan, Maria Kaparakis, Maja Galic, John Pedersen, Martin Pearse, Odilia L. C. Wijburg, Peter H. Janssen, and Richard A. Strugnell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1010-1013; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01675-06
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Prevalence of ColE1-Like Plasmids and Colicin K Production among Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains and Quantification of Inhibitory Activity of Colicin K
Matija Rijavec, Maruska Budic, Peter Mrak, Manica Müller-Premru, Zdravko Podlesek, and Darja Zgur-Bertok
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1029-1032; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01780-06
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Public Health Microbiology:

Colonization, Persistence, and Tissue Tropism of Escherichia coli O26 in Conventionally Reared Weaned Lambs
Ilknur Aktan, Roberto M. La Ragione, and Martin J. Woodward
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 691-698; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01879-06
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High-Throughput and Quantitative Procedure for Determining Sources of Escherichia coli in Waterways by Using Host-Specific DNA Marker Genes
Tao Yan, Matthew J. Hamilton, and Michael J. Sadowsky
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 890-896; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01395-06
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Detection of UV-Induced Thymine Dimers in Individual Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis Oocysts by Immunofluorescence Microscopy
B. H. Al-Adhami, R. A. B. Nichols, J. R. Kusel, J. O'Grady, and H. V. Smith
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 947-955; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01251-06
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Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Gallbladders of Beef Cattle
S. Reinstein, J. T. Fox, X. Shi, and T. G. Nagaraja
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1002-1004; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02037-06
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Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium Isolates from Humans and Animals in Iran
Ahmad Reza Meamar, Karine Guyot, Gabriela Certad, Eduardo Dei-Cas, Mino Mohraz, Mehdi Mohebali, Kazem Mohammad, Amir Ali Mehbod, Sasan Rezaie, and Mostafa Rezaian
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1033-1035; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00964-06
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Methods:

Novel Quantitative Biosystem for Modeling Physiological Fluid Shear Stress on Cells
Eric A. Nauman, C. Mark Ott, Ed Sander, Don L. Tucker, Duane Pierson, James W. Wilson, and Cheryl A. Nickerson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 699-705; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02428-06
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Evaluation of a Wipe Surface Sample Method for Collection of Bacillus Spores from Nonporous Surfaces
Gary S. Brown, Rita G. Betty, John E. Brockmann, Daniel A. Lucero, Caroline A. Souza, Kathryn S. Walsh, Raymond M. Boucher, Mathew Tezak, Mollye C. Wilson, and Todd Rudolph
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 706-710; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01082-06
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Construction of a Vibrio splendidus Mutant Lacking the Metalloprotease Gene vsm by Use of a Novel Counterselectable Suicide Vector
Frédérique Le Roux, Johan Binesse, Denis Saulnier, and Didier Mazel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 777-784; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02147-06
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Nutrient Amendments in Soil DNA Stable Isotope Probing Experiments Reduce the Observed Methanotroph Diversity
Aurélie Cébron, Levente Bodrossy, Nancy Stralis-Pavese, Andrew C. Singer, Ian P. Thompson, James I. Prosser, and J. Colin Murrell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 798-807; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01491-06
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Multiplex Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR for F⁺-Specific RNA Coliphages: a Method for Use in Microbial Source Tracking
Marek Kirs and David C. Smith
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 808-814; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00399-06
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Operon Prediction for Sequenced Bacterial Genomes without Experimental Information
Nicholas H. Bergman, Karla D. Passalacqua, Philip C. Hanna, and Zhaohui S. Qin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 846-854; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01686-06
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Luminescent Whole-Cell Cyanobacterial Bioreporter for Measuring Fe Availability in Diverse Marine Environments
Ramakrishna Boyanapalli, George S. Bullerjahn, Christa Pohl, Peter L. Croot, Philip W. Boyd, and R. Michael L. McKay
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1019-1024; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01670-06
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Fluxome under Various Oxygen Conditions
Yinjie J. Tang, Judy S. Hwang, David E. Wemmer, and Jay D. Keasling
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 718-729; published ahead of print November 10, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01532-06
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Coupling of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Methane Formation and Growth in Fed-Batch and Continuous Cultures under Different H₂ Gassing Regimens
Linda M. I. de Poorter, Wim J. Geerts, and Jan T. Keltjens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 740-749; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01885-06
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Reduced Folate Supply as a Key to Enhanced L-Serine Production by Corynebacterium glutamicum
Michael Stolz, Petra Peters-Wendisch, Helga Etterich, Tanja Gerharz, Robert Faurie, Hermann Sahm, Holger Fersterra, and Lothar Eggeling
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 750-755; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02208-06
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Use of Artificial Neural Networks and a Gamma-Concept-Based Approach To Model Growth of and Bacteriocin Production by Streptococcus macedonicus ACA-DC 198 under Simulated Conditions of Kasseri Cheese Production
Panayiota Poirazi, Frédéric Leroy, Marina D. Georgalaki, Anastassios Aktypis, Luc De Vuyst, and Effie Tsakalidou
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 768-776; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01721-06
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Isolation and Characterization of Brewer's Yeast Variants with Improved Fermentation Performance under High-Gravity Conditions
Lies Blieck, Geert Toye, Françoise Dumortier, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Freddy R. Delvaux, Johan M. Thevelein, and Patrick Van Dijck
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 815-824; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02109-06
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Microbial Community Structure and Dynamics of Dark Fire-Cured Tobacco Fermentation
Michele Di Giacomo, Marianna Paolino, Daniele Silvestro, Giovanni Vigliotta, Francesco Imperi, Paolo Visca, Pietro Alifano, and Dino Parente
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 825-837; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02378-06
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Role of Cytochrome bd Oxidase from Corynebacterium glutamicum in Growth and Lysine Production
Armin Kabus, Axel Niebisch, and Michael Bott
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 861-868; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01818-06
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Induction of a Global Stress Response during the First Step of Escherichia coli Plate Growth
Caroline Cuny, Maïalène Lesbats, and Sam Dukan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 885-889; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01874-06
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The Presence of N-Terminal Secretion Signal Sequences Leads to Strong Stimulation of the Total Expression Levels of Three Tested Medically Important Proteins during High-Cell-Density Cultivations of Escherichia coli
H. Sletta, A. Tøndervik, S. Hakvåg, T. E. Vee Aune, A. Nedal, R. Aune, G. Evensen, S. Valla, T. E. Ellingsen, and T. Brautaset
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 906-912; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01804-06
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Induction by Hypoxia of Heterologous-Protein Production with the KlPDC1 Promoter in Yeasts
Andrea Camattari, Michele M. Bianchi, Paola Branduardi, Danilo Porro, and Luca Brambilla
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 922-929; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01764-06
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Cyclohexane Carboxylate and Benzoate Formation from Crotonate in Syntrophus aciditrophicus
Housna Mouttaki, Mark A. Nanny, and Michael J. McInerney
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 930-938; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02227-06
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Mixed-Valence Cytoplasmic Iron Granules Are Linked to Anaerobic Respiration
S. Glasauer, S. Langley, M. Boyanov, B. Lai, K. Kemner, and T. J. Beveridge
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 993-996; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01492-06
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Role of Branched-Chain Fatty Acids in pH Stress Tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes
Efstathios S. Giotis, David A. McDowell, Ian S. Blair, and Brian J. Wilkinson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 997-1001; published ahead of print November 17, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00865-06
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Chaperone Hsp31 Contributes to Acid Resistance in Stationary-Phase Escherichia coli
Mirna Mujacic and François Baneyx
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 1014-1018; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02429-06
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Mycology:

Rhizonin, the First Mycotoxin Isolated from the Zygomycota, Is Not a Fungal Metabolite but Is Produced by Bacterial Endosymbionts
Laila P. Partida-Martinez, Carina Flores de Looß, Keishi Ishida, Mie Ishida, Martin Roth, Katrin Buder, and Christian Hertweck
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 793-797; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01784-06
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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

The Unique 16S rRNA Genes of Piezophiles Reflect both Phylogeny and Adaptation
Federico M. Lauro, Roger A. Chastain, Lesley E. Blankenship, A. Aristides Yayanos, and Douglas H. Bartlett
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 838-845; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01726-06
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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Isolation of Rickettsia rhipicephali and Rickettsia bellii from Haemaphysalis juxtakochi Ticks in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
Marcelo B. Labruna, Richard C. Pacheco, Leonardo J. Richtzenhain, and Matias P. J. Szabó
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 869-873; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02249-06
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Characterization of Chimeric Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3 Toxins
Jun Fang, Xiaoli Xu, Ping Wang, Jian-Zhou Zhao, Anthony M. Shelton, Jiaan Cheng, Ming-Guang Feng, and Zhicheng Shen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 956-961; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02079-06
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Coral Disease Diagnostics: What's between a Plague and a Band?
T. D. Ainsworth, E. Kramasky-Winter, Y. Loya, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, and M. Fine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 981-992; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02172-06
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

A Two-Component System Regulates the Expression of an ABC Transporter for Xylo-Oligosaccharides in Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Smadar Shulami, Galia Zaide, Gennady Zolotnitsky, Yael Langut, Geoff Feld, Abraham L. Sonenshein, and Yuval Shoham
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 874-884; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02367-06
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Exopolysaccharide Expression in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Ropy352: Evidence for Novel Gene Organization
Eric P. Knoshaug, Jeff A. Ahlgren, and Janine E. Trempy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 897-905; published ahead of print November 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01945-06
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An Efficient Fungal RNA-Silencing System Using the DsRed Reporter Gene
Danielle Janus, Birgit Hoff, Eckhard Hofmann, and Ulrich Kück
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 962-970; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02127-06
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Plant Microbiology:

Expression of a Novel Small Antimicrobial Protein from the Seeds of Motherwort (Leonurus japonicus) Confers Disease Resistance in Tobacco
Xingyong Yang, Yuehua Xiao, Xiaowen Wang, and Yan Pei
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2007 73: 939-946; published ahead of print December 8, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02016-06
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