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Contents: March 2007, Volume 73, Issue 6        Minireviews        Mycology        Plant Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Ecology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Food Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Biodegradation        Methods        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology

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Minireviews:

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Significance of Fomites in the Spread of Respiratory and Enteric Viral Disease Stephanie A. Boone and Charles P. Gerba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1687-1696; published ahead of print January 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02051-06 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Biofilm Formation by and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida Isolates from Urine N. Jain, R. Kohli, E. Cook, P. Gialanella, T. Chang, and B. C. Fries Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1697-1703; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02439-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Screening Marine Fungi for Inhibitors of the C4 Plant Enzyme Pyruvate Phosphate Dikinase: Unguinol as a Potential Novel Herbicide Candidate Cherie A. Motti, David G. Bourne, James N. Burnell, Jason R. Doyle, Dianne S. Haines, Catherine H. Liptrot, Lyndon E. Llewellyn, Shilo Ludke, Andrew Muirhead, and Dianne M. Tapiolas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1921-1927; published ahead of print January 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02479-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Factors Affecting Survival of Bacteriophage on Tomato Leaf Surfaces F. B. Iriarte, B. Balogh, M. T. Momol, L. M. Smith, M. Wilson, and J. B. Jones Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1704-1711; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02118-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Does the Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Depend on the Shape of the Nanoparticle? A Study of the Gram-Negative Bacterium Escherichia coli Sukdeb Pal, Yu Kyung Tak, and Joon Myong Song Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1712-1720; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02218-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Erosion from Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Grown under Physiologically Relevant Fluid Shear Forces Yields Bacterial Cells with Reduced Avidity to Collagen Patrick Ymele-Leki and Julia M. Ross Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1834-1841; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01319-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a New, Combined Rapid Method Using Phage and PCR for Detection and Identification of Viable Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Bacteria within 48 Hours Emma C. Stanley, Richard J. Mole, Rebecca J. Smith, Sarah M. Glenn, Michael R. Barer, Michael McGowan, and Catherine E. D. Rees Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1851-1857; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01722-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Use of Transposon Promoter-Probe Vectors in the Metabolic Engineering of the Obligate Methanotroph Methylomonas sp. Strain 16a for Enhanced C40 Carotenoid Synthesis Pamela L. Sharpe, Deana DiCosimo, Melissa D. Bosak, Kyle Knoke, Luan Tao, Qiong Cheng, and Rick W. Ye Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1721-1728; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01332-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Sterol 7 Reductase Gene Involved in Desmosterol Biosynthesis in Mortierella alpina 1S-4 Shuo Zhang, Eiji Sakuradani, and Sakayu Shimizu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1736-1741; published ahead of print January 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02425-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel lux Operon in the Cryptically Bioluminescent Fish Pathogen Vibrio salmonicida Is Associated with Virulence Eric J. Nelson, Hege S. Tunsjø, Pat M. Fidopiastis, Henning Sørum, and Edward G. Ruby Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1825-1833; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02255-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid Replicon Typing of Commensal and Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates Timothy J. Johnson, Yvonne M. Wannemuehler, Sara J. Johnson, Catherine M. Logue, David G. White, Curt Doetkott, and Lisa K. Nolan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1976-1983; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02171-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Campylobacter insulaenigrae Isolates from Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in California Robyn A. Stoddard, William G. Miller, Janet E. Foley, Judy Lawrence, Frances M. D. Gulland, Patricia A. Conrad, and Barbara A. Byrne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1729-1735; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01816-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Relatedness of Escherichia coli Isolates in Interstitial Water from a Lake Huron (Canada) Beach Tatiana Kon, Susan C. Weir, E. Todd Howell, Hung Lee, and Jack T. Trevors Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1961-1967; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02437-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Diversity of Archaea and Bacteria in the Anoxic Zone of a Meromictic Lake (Lake Pavin, France) Anne-Catherine Lehours, Paul Evans, Corinne Bardot, Keith Joblin, and Fonty Gérard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2016-2019; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01490-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Improved Experimental and Computational Methodology for Determining the Kinetic Equation and the Extant Kinetic Constants of Fe(II) Oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Sharon Molchanov, Yuri Gendel, Ilya Ioslvich, and Ori Lahav Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1742-1752; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01521-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of an Escherichia coli K-12 Mutant for Homoethanologenic Fermentation of Glucose or Xylose without Foreign Genes Youngnyun Kim, L. O. Ingram, and K. T. Shanmugam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1766-1771; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02456-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of a Novel ß-Transaminase from Mesorhizobium sp. Strain LUK: a New Biocatalyst for the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure ß-Amino Acids Juhan Kim, Dohyun Kyung, Hyungdon Yun, Byung-Kwan Cho, Joo-Hyun Seo, Minho Cha, and Byung-Gee Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1772-1782; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02119-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamics and Biodiversity of Populations of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Acetic Acid Bacteria Involved in Spontaneous Heap Fermentation of Cocoa Beans in Ghana Nicholas Camu, Tom De Winter, Kristof Verbrugghe, Ilse Cleenwerck, Peter Vandamme, Jemmy S. Takrama, Marc Vancanneyt, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1809-1824; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02189-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Mechanism and Regulation of Lactose Transport and Metabolism in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 Yang Yu, Martin Tangney, Hans C. Aass, and Wilfrid J. Mitchell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1842-1850; published ahead of print January 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02082-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Five-Strain Probiotic Combination Reduces Pathogen Shedding and Alleviates Disease Signs in Pigs Challenged with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pat G. Casey, Gillian E. Gardiner, Garrett Casey, Bernard Bradshaw, Peadar G. Lawlor, P. Brendan Lynch, Finola C. Leonard, Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Colin Hill Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1858-1863; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01840-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Level Production of the Low-Calorie Sugar Sorbitol by Lactobacillus plantarum through Metabolic Engineering Victor Ladero, Ana Ramos, Anne Wiersma, Philippe Goffin, André Schanck, Michiel Kleerebezem, Jeroen Hugenholtz, Eddy J. Smid, and Pascal Hols Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1864-1872; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02304-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Piezotolerant Small-Colony Variants with Increased Thermotolerance, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Low Invasiveness in a Clonal Staphylococcus aureus Population Kimon A. G. Karatzas, Angelos Zervos, Chrysoula C. Tassou, Costas G. Mallidis, and Tom J. Humphrey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1873-1881; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01801-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Se(VI) Reduction and the Precipitation of Se(0) by the Facultative Bacterium Enterobacter cloacae SLD1a-1 Are Regulated by FNR N. Yee, J. Ma, A. Dalia, T. Boonfueng, and D. Y. Kobayashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1914-1920; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02542-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Identification of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharide Metabolism in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 through Microarrays Delphine M. A. Saulnier, Douwe Molenaar, Willem M. de Vos, Glenn R. Gibson, and Sofia Kolida Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1753-1765; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01151-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monitoring Bacterial Communities in Raw Milk and Cheese by Culture-Dependent and -Independent 16S rRNA Gene-Based Analyses Céline Delbès, Leila Ali-Mandjee, and Marie-Christine Montel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1882-1891; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01716-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diagnostic Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Emetic Bacillus cereus Strains in Foods and Recent Food-Borne Outbreaks Martina Fricker, Ute Messelhäußer, Ulrich Busch, Siegfried Scherer, and Monika Ehling-Schulz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1892-1898; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02219-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Vibrio vulnificus Biotype 2 and Simultaneous Discrimination of Serovar E Strains Eva Sanjuán and Carmen Amaro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2029-2032; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02320-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Carbon Conversion Efficiency and Limits of Productive Bacterial Degradation of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether and Related Compounds Roland H. Müller, Thore Rohwerder, and Hauke Harms Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1783-1791; published ahead of print January 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01899-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni Biofilms under Defined Growth Conditions Ryan J. Reeser, Robert T. Medler, Stephen J. Billington, B. Helen Jost, and Lynn A. Joens Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1908-1913; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00740-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Erythromycin Resistance-Conferring Plasmid pRSB105, Isolated from a Sewage Treatment Plant, Harbors a New Macrolide Resistance Determinant, an Integron-Containing Tn402-Like Element, and a Large Region of Unknown Function A. Schlüter, R. Szczepanowski, N. Kurz, S. Schneiker, I. Krahn, and A. Pühler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1952-1960; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02159-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Enteropathogen Load in Activated Sewage Sludge and Corresponding Sewage Sludge End Products Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Frances E. Lucy, Leena Tamang, and Allen Miraflor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2013-2015; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02412-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers Maximilian Schöniger-Hekele, Dagmar Petermann, Beate Weber, and Christian Müller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2033-2035; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02335-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Production of Dehydroamino Acid-Containing Peptides by Lactococcus lactis Rick Rink, Jenny Wierenga, Anneke Kuipers, Leon D. Kluskens, Arnold J. M. Driessen, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Gert N. Moll Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1792-1796; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02350-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Characterization of an L-Xylulose Reductase from Neurospora crassa Nikhil Nair and Huimin Zhao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2001-2004; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02515-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Weak Activity of Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB with 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Revealed by X-Ray Crystallography and Microcalorimetry Marta Monincová, Zbynek Prokop, Jitka Vévodová, Yuji Nagata, and Jirí Damborsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2005-2008; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02416-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Adaptation of Pseudomonas sp. Strain 7-6 to Quaternary Ammonium Compounds and Their Degradation via Dual Pathways Shinji Takenaka, Takashi Tonoki, Kazuya Taira, Shuichiro Murakami, and Kenji Aoki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1797-1802; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02426-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Simple Method for Repurification of Endotoxins for Biological Use Alina Tirsoaga, Alexey Novikov, Minou Adib-Conquy, Catherine Werts, Catherine Fitting, Jean-Marc Cavaillon, and Martine Caroff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1803-1808; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02452-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Universal Sample Preparation Method for Characterization of Bacteria by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Haihong Liu, Zongmin Du, Jin Wang, and Ruifu Yang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1899-1907; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02391-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of High-Affinity Cell Wall-Binding Domains of Bacteriophage Endolysins for Immobilization and Separation of Bacterial Cells Jan W. Kretzer, Rainer Lehmann, Mathias Schmelcher, Manuel Banz, Kwang-Pyo Kim, Corinna Korn, and Martin J. Loessner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1992-2000; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02402-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Semiquantitative Degenerate Real-Time PCR-Based Assay for Estimation of Numbers of Butyryl-Coenzyme A (CoA) CoA Transferase Genes in Complex Bacterial Samples Petra Louis and Harry J. Flint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2009-2012; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02561-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Method for Detection of Bacteria from Activated Sludge and River Water by Using DNA Molecular Beacons and Flow Cytometry Jeremy Lenaerts, Hilary M. Lappin-Scott, and Jonathan Porter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2020-2023; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01718-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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The Presence of the Internalin Gene in Natural Atypically Hemolytic Listeria innocua Strains Suggests Descent from L. monocytogenes Dmitriy V. Volokhov, Sandra Duperrier, Alexander A. Neverov, Joseph George, Carmen Buchrieser, and Anthony D. Hitchins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1928-1939; published ahead of print January 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01796-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Microbial Diversity within Early-Stage Cultured Panulirus ornatus Phyllosomas Matthew S. Payne, Mike R. Hall, Lindsay Sly, and David G. Bourne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1940-1951; published ahead of print January 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02520-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Zooxanthellae Harvested by Ciliates Associated with Brown Band Syndrome of Corals Remain Photosynthetically Competent Karin E. Ulstrup, Michael Kühl, and David G. Bourne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1968-1975; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02292-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial and Temporal Population Dynamics of a Naturally Occurring Two-Species Microbial Community inside the Digestive Tract of the Medicinal Leech Yoshitomo Kikuchi and Joerg Graf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 1984-1991; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01833-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methane Oxidation in Termite Hindguts: Absence of Evidence and Evidence of Absence Michael Pester, Anne Tholen, Michael W. Friedrich, and Andreas Brune Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2007 73: 2024-2028; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02190-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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