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Contents: January 2007, Volume 73, Issue 1        Instructions to Authors        Food Microbiology        Methods        Geomicrobiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Environmental Microbiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Public Health Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Mycology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering

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Instructions to Authors:

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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY: 2007 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 1-21; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Identification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Genomic Regions Conserved in Strains with a Genotype Associated with Human Infection Marina Steele, Kim Ziebell, Yongxiang Zhang, Andrew Benson, Paulina Konczy, Roger Johnson, and Victor Gannon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 22-31; published ahead of print October 20, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00982-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Media for the Isolation of Enterobacter sakazakii Carol Iversen and Stephen J. Forsythe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 48-52; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01562-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Separation and Concentration of Food-Borne Pathogens in Food Samples Prior to Quantification by Viable-Cell Counting and Real-Time PCR Hiroshi Fukushima, Kazunori Katsube, Yukiko Hata, Ryoko Kishi, and Satomi Fujiwara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 92-100; published ahead of print October 20, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01772-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial and Temporal Expression of Lactobacillus plantarum Genes in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Mice Maria L. Marco, Roger S. Bongers, Willem M. de Vos, and Michiel Kleerebezem Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 124-132; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01475-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Single-Nucleotide-Polymorphism-Based Multilocus Genotyping Assay for Subtyping Lineage I Isolates of Listeria monocytogenes Thomas F. Ducey, Brent Page, Thomas Usgaard, Monica K. Borucki, Kitty Pupedis, and Todd J. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 133-147; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01453-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Folate Production by Bifidobacteria as a Potential Probiotic Property Anna Pompei, Lisa Cordisco, Alberto Amaretti, Simona Zanoni, Diego Matteuzzi, and Maddalena Rossi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 179-185; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01763-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Procedure for Rapid Concentration and Detection of Enteric Viruses from Berries and Vegetables S. Butot, T. Putallaz, and G. Sánchez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 186-192; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01248-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Estimation of Microbial Contamination of Food from Prevalence and Concentration Data: Application to Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh Vegetables Amélie Crépet, Isabelle Albert, Catherine Dervin, and Frédéric Carlin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 250-258; published ahead of print November 10, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00351-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Sensitive Quantitative Detection of Commensal Bacteria by rRNA-Targeted Reverse Transcription-PCR Kazunori Matsuda, Hirokazu Tsuji, Takashi Asahara, Yukiko Kado, and Koji Nomoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 32-39; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01224-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Target Length on the Hybridization Efficiency and Specificity of rRNA-Based Oligonucleotide Microarrays Wen-Tso Liu, Huiling Guo, and Jer-Horng Wu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 73-82; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01468-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Vertical Distribution of Denitrification in an Estuarine Sediment: Integrating Sediment Flowthrough Reactor Experiments and Microprofiling via Reactive Transport Modeling Anniet M. Laverman, Christof Meile, Philippe Van Cappellen, and Elze B. A. Wieringa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 40-47; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01442-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification and Characterization of Conjugative Transposons CTn86 and CTn9343 in Bacteroides fragilis Strains Simy L. Buckwold, Nadja B. Shoemaker, Cynthia L. Sears, and Augusto A. Franco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 53-63; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01669-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Respiration and Growth of Shewanella decolorationis S12 with an Azo Compound as the Sole Electron Acceptor Yiguo Hong, Meiying Xu, Jun Guo, Zhicheng Xu, Xingjuan Chen, and Guoping Sun Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 64-72; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01415-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthetic Consolidants Attacked by Melanin-Producing Fungi: Case Study of the Biodeterioration of Milan (Italy) Cathedral Marble Treated with Acrylics Francesca Cappitelli, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Arturo Casadevall, Lucia Toniolo, Lorenzo Brusetti, Sofia Florio, Pamela Principi, Sara Borin, and Claudia Sorlini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 271-277; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02220-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Proteomics of Dehalococcoides spp. Reveals Strain-Specific Peptides Associated with Activity R. M. Morris, J. M. Fung, B. G. Rahm, S. Zhang, D. L. Freedman, S. H. Zinder, and R. E. Richardson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 320-326; published ahead of print November 10, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02129-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Comparative Analysis of Virulence Genes, Genetic Diversity, and Phylogeny of Commensal and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Weaned Pigs Xi-Yang Wu, Toni Chapman, Darren J. Trott, Karl Bettelheim, Thuy N. Do, Steve Driesen, Mark J. Walker, and James Chin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 83-91; published ahead of print October 20, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00990-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Identification of Acetate-Assimilating Microorganisms under Methanogenic Conditions in Anoxic Rice Field Soil by Comparative Stable Isotope Probing of RNA Tomoyuki Hori, Matthias Noll, Yasuo Igarashi, Michael W. Friedrich, and Ralf Conrad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 101-109; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01676-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Population Dynamics in Dairy Waste during Aerobic and Anaerobic Treatment and Subsequent Storage Jeffery A. McGarvey, William G. Miller, Ruihong Zhang, Yanguo Ma, and Frank Mitloehner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 193-202; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01422-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Communities of Archaea and Bacteria in a Subsurface Radioactive Thermal Spring in the Austrian Central Alps, and Evidence of Ammonia-Oxidizing Crenarchaeota Gerhard W. Weidler, Marion Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer, Friedrich W. Gerbl, Wolfgang Heinen, and Helga Stan-Lotter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 259-270; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01570-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of 16S rRNA and rpoB Genes as Molecular Markers for Microbial Ecology Studies Rebecca J. Case, Yan Boucher, Ingela Dahllöf, Carola Holmström, W. Ford Doolittle, and Staffan Kjelleberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 278-288; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01177-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conjugative Transfer Facilitates Stable Maintenance of IncP-1 Plasmid pKJK5 in Escherichia coli Cells Colonizing the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Germfree Rat Martin Iain Bahl, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Tine Rask Licht, and Søren J. Sørensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 341-343; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01971-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lytic Activity of Recombinant Bacteriophage 11 and 12 Endolysins on Whole Cells and Biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus Peter Sass and Gabriele Bierbaum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 347-352; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01616-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Quantification of Methanogenic Archaea in Adult Chicken Ceca Suwat Saengkerdsub, Robin C. Anderson, Heather H. Wilkinson, Woo-Kyun Kim, David J. Nisbet, and Steven C. Ricke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 353-356; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01931-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence that Accumulation of Mutants in a Biofilm Reflects Natural Selection Rather than Stress-Induced Adaptive Mutation Jeffrey A. Banas, Justin D. Miller, Meghan E. Fuschino, Karsten R. O. Hazlett, Wendy Toyofuku, Kristen A. Porter, Sarah B. Reutzel, Matthew A. Florczyk, Kathleen A. McDonough, and Suzanne M. Michalek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 357-361; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02014-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Fluidization of Membrane Lipids Enhances the Tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Freezing and Salt Stress Sonia Rodríguez-Vargas, Alicia Sánchez-García, Jose Manuel Martínez-Rivas, Jose Antonio Prieto, and Francisca Randez-Gil Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 110-116; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01360-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient Production of L-Lactic Acid from Xylose by Pichia stipitis Marja Ilmén, Kari Koivuranta, Laura Ruohonen, Pirkko Suominen, and Merja Penttilä Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 117-123; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01311-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Identification of a Paenibacillus polymyxa Strain That Coproduces a Novel Lantibiotic and Polymyxin Zengguo He, Duygu Kisla, Liwen Zhang, Chunhua Yuan, Kari B. Green-Church, and Ahmed E. Yousef Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 168-178; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02023-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental Stress and Antibiotic Resistance in Food-Related Pathogens M. Ann S. McMahon, Jiru Xu, John E. Moore, Ian S. Blair, and David A. McDowell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 211-217; published ahead of print December 1, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00578-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of Candida tropicalis by Irradiation with a He-Ne Laser To Increase Its Ability To Degrade Phenol Yan Jiang, Jianping Wen, Xiaoqiang Jia, Qinggele Caiyin, and Zongding Hu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 226-231; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00677-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple-Level Regulation of Genes for Protocatechuate Degradation in Acinetobacter baylyi Includes Cross-Regulation Simone Yasmin Siehler, Süreyya Dal, Rita Fischer, Patricia Patz, and Ulrike Gerischer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 232-242; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01608-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation of Hg(II) by Cyanobacteria Daniel D. Lefebvre, David Kelly, and Kenneth Budd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 243-249; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01794-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localization of Functional Polypeptides in Bacterial Inclusion Bodies Elena García-Fruitós, Anna Arís, and Antonio Villaverde Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 289-294; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01952-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rhizobium etli USDA9032 Engineered To Produce a Phenazine Antibiotic Inhibits the Growth of Fungal Pathogens but Is Impaired in Symbiotic Performance Hari B. Krishnan, Beom Ryong Kang, Ammulu Hari Krishnan, Kil Yong Kim, and Young Cheol Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 327-330; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02027-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trigonopsis variabilis D-Amino Acid Oxidase: Control of Protein Quality and Opportunities for Biocatalysis through Production in Escherichia coli Iskandar Dib, Damir Stanzer, and Bernd Nidetzky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 331-333; published ahead of print October 20, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01569-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Longitudinal Study of Finnish Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli Isolates from Humans, Using Multilocus Sequence Typing, Including Comparison with Epidemiological Data and Isolates from Poultry and Cattle Rauni Kärenlampi, Hilpi Rautelin, Daniela Schönberg-Norio, Lars Paulin, and Marja-Liisa Hänninen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 148-155; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01488-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial-Resistant Enteric Bacteria from Dairy Cattle Ashish A. Sawant, Narasimha V. Hegde, Beth A. Straley, Sarah C. Donaldson, Brenda C. Love, Stephen J. Knabel, and Bhushan M. Jayarao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 156-163; published ahead of print November 10, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01551-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Removal of Astrovirus from Water and Sewage Treatment Plants, Evaluated by a Competitive Reverse Transcription-PCR Waled Morsy El-Senousy, Susana Guix, Islem Abid, Rosa M. Pintó, and Albert Bosch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 164-167; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01748-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sources of Variation in the Ampicillin-Resistant Escherichia coli Concentration in the Feces of Organic Broiler Chickens E. J. Pleydell, P. E. Brown, M. J. Woodward, R. H. Davies, and N. P. French Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 203-210; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01482-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxin and Shiga Toxin-Encoding Phage Do Not Facilitate Escherichia coli O157:H7 Colonization in Sheep Nancy A. Cornick, Amy F. Helgerson, and Vijay Sharma Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 344-346; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01328-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Salmonella enterica and Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli O157 from Feces of Animals in Public Contact Areas of United States Zoological Parks James E. Keen, Lisa M. Durso, and Thomas P. Meehan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 362-365; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01563-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Proteolytic Stability of Insecticidal Toxins Expressed in Recombinant Bacilli Yankun Yang, Liwei Wang, Adelaida Gaviria, Zhiming Yuan, and Colin Berry Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 218-225; published ahead of print November 10, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01100-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

-Proteobacterial Symbionts of Marine Bryozoans in the Genus Watersipora Christine M. Anderson and Margo G. Haygood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 303-311; published ahead of print October 27, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.00604-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Prevalent Coxiella sp. Bacterium in the Tick Vector Amblyomma americanum Algimantas Jasinskas, Jianmin Zhong, and Alan G. Barbour Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 334-336; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02009-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential of the Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Reservoir for the Control of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a Major Pest of Grape Plants Iñigo Ruiz de Escudero, Anna Estela, Baltasar Escriche, and Primitivo Caballero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 337-340; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01511-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Increased Insect Virulence in Beauveria bassiana Strains Overexpressing an Engineered Chitinase Yanhua Fan, Weiguo Fang, Shujuan Guo, Xiaoqiong Pei, Yongjun Zhang, Yuehua Xiao, Demou Li, Kai Jin, Michael J. Bidochka, and Yan Pei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 295-302; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01974-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Copy Number Polymorphisms in an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Population Nicolas Corradi, Daniel Croll, Alexandre Colard, Gerrit Kuhn, Martine Ehinger, and Ian R. Sanders Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 366-369; published ahead of print November 3, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.01574-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Genetic Modification of the Penicillin G Acylase Surface To Improve Its Reversible Immobilization on Ionic Exchangers Tamara Montes, Valeria Grazú, Fernando López-Gallego, Juan A. Hermoso, Jose L. García, Isabel Manso, Beatriz Galán, Ramón González, Roberto Fernández-Lafuente, and José M. Guisán Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2007 73: 312-319; published ahead of print November 10, 2006, doi:10.1128/AEM.02107-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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