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Contents: June 2007, Volume 189, Issue 11        Gene Regulation        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genomics and Proteomics        Physiology and Metabolism        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Cell Biology        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Communities and Interactions

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Gene Regulation:

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Transcription of All amoC Copies Is Associated with Recovery of Nitrosomonas europaea from Ammonia Starvation Paul M. Berube, Ram Samudrala, and David A. Stahl J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 3935-3944; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01861-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Zinc-Responsive Regulator Zur Controls a Zinc Uptake System and Some Ribosomal Proteins in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Jung-Ho Shin, So-Young Oh, Soon-Jong Kim, and Jung-Hye Roe J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4070-4077; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01851-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Zinc-Responsive Regulation of Alternative Ribosomal Protein Genes in Streptomyces coelicolor Involves Zur and R Gillian A. Owen, Ben Pascoe, Dimitris Kallifidas, and Mark S. B. Paget J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4078-4086; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01901-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription Antitermination by Translation Initiation Factor IF1 Sangita Phadtare, Teymur Kazakov, Mikhail Bubunenko, Donald L. Court, Tatyana Pestova, and Konstantin Severinov J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4087-4093; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00188-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of LuxR Regulon Gene Expression during Quorum Sensing in Vibrio fischeri Nan Qin, Sean M. Callahan, Paul V. Dunlap, and Ann M. Stevens J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4127-4134; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01779-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

E Regulates and Is Regulated by a Small RNA in Escherichia coli Karl M. Thompson, Virgil A. Rhodius, and Susan Gottesman J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4243-4256; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00020-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Anaerobic Regulatory Network Required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nitrate Respiration Kerstin Schreiber, Robert Krieger, Beatrice Benkert, Martin Eschbach, Hiroyuki Arai, Max Schobert, and Dieter Jahn J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4310-4314; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00240-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spontaneous trpY Mutants and Mutational Analysis of the TrpY Archaeal Transcription Regulator L'ubomíra Cubonová, Kathleen Sandman, Elizabeth A. Karr, Andrew J. Cochran, and John N. Reeve J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4338-4342; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00164-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Functional Genomics Enables Identification of Genes of the Arginine Transaminase Pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Zhe Yang and Chung-Dar Lu J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 3945-3953; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00261-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of Recombinant Hemagglutinin Derived from the Gingipain-Encoding Gene of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Identification of Its Target Protein on Erythrocytes, and Inhibition of Hemagglutination by an Interdomain Regional Peptide Eiko Sakai, Mariko Naito, Keiko Sato, Hitoshi Hotokezaka, Tomoko Kadowaki, Arihide Kamaguchi, Kenji Yamamoto, Kuniaki Okamoto, and Koji Nakayama J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 3977-3986; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01691-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an AU-rich Translational Enhancer within the Escherichia coli fepB Leader RNA India G. Hook-Barnard, Timothy J. Brickman, and Mark A. McIntosh J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4028-4037; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01924-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Eukaryotic-Type Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase StkP Is a Global Regulator of Gene Expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae Lenka Sasková, Linda Nováková, Marek Basler, and Pavel Branny J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4168-4179; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01616-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interspecies DNA Microarray Analysis Identifies WblA as a Pleiotropic Down-Regulator of Antibiotic Biosynthesis in Streptomyces Seung-Hoon Kang, Jianqiang Huang, Han-Na Lee, Yoon-Ah Hur, Stanley N. Cohen, and Eung-Soo Kim J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4315-4319; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01789-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

YhdJ, a Nonessential CcrM-Like DNA Methyltransferase of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Sarah E. Broadbent, Roberto Balbontin, Josep Casadesus, Martin G. Marinus, and Marjan van der Woude J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4325-4327; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01854-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Characterization of an Arginine:Pyruvate Transaminase in Arginine Catabolism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Zhe Yang and Chung-Dar Lu J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 3954-3959; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00262-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Critical Residues in the Propeptide of LasA Protease of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Involved in the Formation of a Stable Mature Protease Kerian K. Grande, Jean K. Gustin, Efrat Kessler, and Dennis E. Ohman J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 3960-3968; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01828-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Step Pathway for Synthesis of Glucosylglycerate in Persephonella marina Chantal Fernandes, Nuno Empadinhas, and Milton S. da Costa J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4014-4019; published ahead of print March 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00075-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a C—C Bond Hydrolase from Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 with Novel Specificities towards Polychlorinated Biphenyl Metabolites Stephen Y. K. Seah, Jiyuan Ke, Geoffroy Denis, Geoff P. Horsman, Pascal D. Fortin, Cheryl J. Whiting, and Lindsay D. Eltis J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4038-4045; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01950-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron-Dependent RNA-Binding Activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Aconitase Sharmistha Banerjee, Ashok Kumar Nandyala, Podili Raviprasad, Niyaz Ahmed, and Seyed E. Hasnain J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4046-4052; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00026-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Novel Bifunctional Dihydropteroate Synthase/Dihydropteroate Reductase Enzyme from Helicobacter pylori Itay Levin, Moshe Mevarech, and Bruce A. Palfey J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4062-4069; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01878-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Citrate Sensing by the C4-Dicarboxylate/Citrate Sensor Kinase DcuS of Escherichia coli: Binding Site and Conversion of DcuS to a C4-Dicarboxylate- or Citrate-Specific Sensor J. Krämer, J. D. Fischer, E. Zientz, V. Vijayan, C. Griesinger, A. Lupas, and G. Unden J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4290-4298; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00168-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Re-Citrate Synthase from Clostridium kluyveri Is Phylogenetically Related to Homocitrate Synthase and Isopropylmalate Synthase Rather Than to Si-Citrate Synthase Fuli Li, Christoph H. Hagemeier, Henning Seedorf, Gerhard Gottschalk, and Rudolf K. Thauer J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4299-4304; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00198-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selectivity for D-Lactate Incorporation into the Peptidoglycan Precursors of Lactobacillus plantarum: Role of Aad, a VanX-Like D-Alanyl-D-Alanine Dipeptidase Marie Deghorain, Philippe Goffin, Laetitia Fontaine, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Richard Daniel, Jeff Errington, Bernard Hallet, and Pascal Hols J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4332-4337; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01829-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies Growth Rate Modulation as a Component of the Adaptation of Mycobacteria to Survival inside the Macrophage D. J. V. Beste, E. Laing, B. Bonde, C. Avignone-Rossa, M. E. Bushell, and J. J. McFadden J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 3969-3976; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01787-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Characterization and Physiological Properties of Escherichia coli UDP-N-Acetylmuramate:L-Alanyl--D-Glutamyl-meso- Diaminopimelate Ligase Mireille Hervé, Audrey Boniface, Stanislav Gobec, Didier Blanot, and Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 3987-3995; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00087-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Global Transcriptional Responses of Bacillus anthracis Sterne (34F2) and a sodA1 Mutant to Paraquat Reveal Metal Ion Homeostasis Imbalances during Endogenous Superoxide Stress Karla D. Passalacqua, Nicholas H. Bergman, Jung Yeop Lee, David H. Sherman, and Philip C. Hanna J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 3996-4013; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00185-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of Mycobacterial Phospholipase A: an Activity Associated with Mycobacterial Cutinase Sarah K. Parker, Kathryn M. Curtin, and Michael L. Vasil J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4153-4160; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01909-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterial Bacilli Are Metabolically Active during Chronic Tuberculosis in Murine Lungs: Insights from Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiling Adel M. Talaat, Sarah K. Ward, Chia-Wei Wu, Elizabeth Rondon, Christine Tavano, John P. Bannantine, Rick Lyons, and Stephen A. Johnston J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4265-4274; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00011-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of Quorum Sensing by a Burkholderia pseudomallei Multidrug Efflux Pump Ying Ying Chan, Hao Sheng Bian, Theresa May Chin Tan, Margrith E. Mattmann, Grant D. Geske, Jun Igarashi, Tomomi Hatano, Hiroaki Suga, Helen E. Blackwell, and Kim Lee Chua J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4320-4324; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00003-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Small Mobilizable Transposon, MTnSag1, in Streptococcus agalactiae Adeline Achard and Roland Leclercq J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4328-4331; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00213-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Genome of Methylobacillus flagellatus, Molecular Basis for Obligate Methylotrophy, and Polyphyletic Origin of Methylotrophy Ludmila Chistoserdova, Alla Lapidus, Cliff Han, Lynne Goodwin, Liz Saunders, Tom Brettin, Roxanne Tapia, Paul Gilna, Susan Lucas, Paul M. Richardson, and Mary E. Lidstrom J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4020-4027; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00045-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis SigF Regulates Genes Encoding Cell Wall-Associated Proteins and Directly Regulates the Transcriptional Regulatory Gene phoY1 Ernest P. Williams, Jong-Hee Lee, William R. Bishai, Carlo Colantuoni, and Petros C. Karakousis J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4234-4242; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00201-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Gene Expression in Staphylococcus aureus Stephan Fuchs, Jan Pané-Farré, Christian Kohler, Michael Hecker, and Susanne Engelmann J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4275-4289; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00081-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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In Vitro Biosynthesis of Ether-Type Glycolipids in the Methanoarchaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Hiroyuki Morii, Tadashi Eguchi, and Yosuke Koga J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4053-4061; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01875-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ScrG, a GGDEF-EAL Protein, Participates in Regulating Swarming and Sticking in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Yun-Kyeong Kim and Linda L. McCarter J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4094-4107; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01510-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insights into the Autotrophic CO2 Fixation Pathway of the Archaeon Ignicoccus hospitalis: Comprehensive Analysis of the Central Carbon Metabolism Ulrike Jahn, Harald Huber, Wolfgang Eisenreich, Michael Hügler, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4108-4119; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00047-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of His-Rich Hpn and Hpn-Like Proteins in Helicobacter pylori Nickel Physiology Susmitha Seshadri, Stéphane L. Benoit, and Robert J. Maier J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4120-4126; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01245-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microcin J25 Has Dual and Independent Mechanisms of Action in Escherichia coli: RNA Polymerase Inhibition and Increased Superoxide Production Augusto Bellomio, Paula A. Vincent, Beatriz F. de Arcuri, Ricardo N. Farías, and Roberto D. Morero J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4180-4186; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00206-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pigment Analysis of "Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila," a Green Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacterium Tien Le Olson, Allison M. L. van de Meene, J. Nicholas Francis, Beverly K. Pierson, and Robert E. Blankenship J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4187-4195; published ahead of print March 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01712-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Initial Characterization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of "Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila," a Filamentous, Anoxygenic Photoautotroph Allison M. L. van de Meene, Tien Le Olson, Aaron M. Collins, and Robert E. Blankenship J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4196-4203; published ahead of print March 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01711-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Molecular Interaction between Lipoteichoic Acids and Lactobacillus delbrueckii Phages Depends on D-Alanyl and -Glucose Substitution of Poly(Glycerophosphate) Backbones Liisa Räisänen, Christian Draing, Markus Pfitzenmaier, Karin Schubert, Tiina Jaakonsaari, Sonja von Aulock, Thomas Hartung, and Tapani Alatossava J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4135-4140; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00078-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome Sequence and Analysis of a Propionibacterium acnes Bacteriophage Mark D. Farrar, Karen M. Howson, Richard A. Bojar, David West, James C. Towler, James Parry, Katharine Pelton, and Keith T. Holland J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4161-4167; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00106-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Paratyphi A Harbors IncHI1 Plasmids Similar to Those Found in Serovar Typhi Kathryn E. Holt, Nicholas R. Thomson, John Wain, Minh Duy Phan, Satheesh Nair, Rumina Hasan, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Michael A. Quail, Halina Norbertczak, Danielle Walker, Gordon Dougan, and Julian Parkhill J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4257-4264; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00232-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Coexistence of Two Distinct Versions of O-Antigen Polymerase, Wzy-Alpha and Wzy-Beta, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Serogroup O2 and Their Contributions to Cell Surface Diversity Katarina Kaluzny, Priyanka D. Abeyrathne, and Joseph S. Lam J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4141-4152; published ahead of print March 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00237-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colicin E2 Is Still in Contact with Its Receptor and Import Machinery When Its Nuclease Domain Enters the Cytoplasm Denis Duché J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4217-4222; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00092-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flagellar Motility and Structure in the Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus Zalán Szabó, Musa Sani, Maarten Groeneveld, Benham Zolghadr, James Schelert, Sonja-Verena Albers, Paul Blum, Egbert J. Boekema, and Arnold J. M. Driessen J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4305-4309; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00042-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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An Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor Acts as a General Stress Response Regulator in Sinorhizobium meliloti Laurent Sauviac, Heinui Philippe, Kounthéa Phok, and Claude Bruand J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4204-4216; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00175-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Spatial Patterns of DNA Replication, Protein Synthesis, and Oxygen Concentration within Bacterial Biofilms Reveal Diverse Physiological States Suriani Abdul Rani, Betsey Pitts, Haluk Beyenal, Raaja Angathevar Veluchamy, Zbigniew Lewandowski, William M. Davison, Kelli Buckingham-Meyer, and Philip S. Stewart J. Bacteriol. June 2007 189: 4223-4233; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00107-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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