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1
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Longest known bacterium

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Epulopiscium

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2
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Calcifying nanoparticles

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Nanobacteria

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3
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Shapes of a prokaryotic cell

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Cocci
Bacilli
vibrios
spirilla
spirochaetes
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4
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What is an example of fruiting bacteria?

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Myxobacter

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5
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What is an example of a stalked bacteria?

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Caulobacter

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6
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What is an example of a budding bacteria?

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Hyphomicrobium

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7
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What are examples of filamentous bacteria?

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  • cyanobacteria

- actinomycetes

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8
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What is an example of a wall-less pleomorphic prokaryote?

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Mycoplasma

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9
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What is an example of an pleomorphic prokaryote?

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Rhizobium

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10
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Example of a fusiform/ spindle-shaped and filamentous prokaryote

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Fusobacterium

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11
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Arrangement of prokaryotic cells

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1 plane

  • Diplococcus - 2 cells
  • Streptococcus - variable number of cells in a chain

2 planes

  • Tetrad - 4 cells
  • Sarcina - packet of 8-64 cells

Several planes
-Staphylococcus and Micrococcus - irregular clusters

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12
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Carbon source and energy source of

  • Photoautotrophs,
  • Photoheterotrophs,
  • Chemoautotrophs,
  • Chemoheterotrophs
A
  • CO2 , Sunlight
  • organic materials , sunlight
  • CO2 , organic materials
  • organic materials , organic materials
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13
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Nitrogen-fixing bacteria

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Rhizobium

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14
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Plant pathogen

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Agrobacterium

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15
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A gelatinous polymer (network of polysaccharides) extending from the surface of bacteria to other cells

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Glycocalyx

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16
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Importance of glycocalyx.

A

Protection against

  • ion and pH changes and osmotic stress
  • certain enzymes
  • predacious bacteria and phagocytes

Enhances virulence of pathogenic bacteria

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17
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TYPES of glycocalyx

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Capsule
Slime layer
S layer

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18
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Well-organized and not easily washed off

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Capsule

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19
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Unorganized, diffused and easily removed

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Slime layer

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20
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Bacteria in dental plaque

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Biofilm

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21
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Proteins or glycoproteins that are regularly structured

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S layer

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22
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Difference of gram negative and gram positive archaea and bacteria

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In gram positive, may peptidoglycan after S layer

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23
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Thread like locomotor appendages

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Flagella

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24
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3 parts of flagella and describe

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Filament - longest portion
Hook - short curved segment which links filament to the basal body
Basal body - embedded in the cell

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25
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Pattern of arrangement of flagella

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Monotrichous - 1 flagellum(polar)
Amphitrichous - 1 flagellum at each pole
Lophotrichous - cluster of flagella at one or both ends
Petritrichous - flagella spread all over the whole bacteria

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26
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Short, fine hair like appendages in many gram-bacteria; 1000/cell; aids in attachment

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Fimbriae

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27
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1-10 per cell; required for bacterial mating

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Pili

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28
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Gives bacteria shape and rigidity; contributes to the pathogenicity of pathogenic bacteria; protects bacteria from harmful substances; site of action of some antibiotics

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Cell wall

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29
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4 divisions of prokaryotes

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Gracilicutes
Firmicutes
Tenericutes
Mendosicutes

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30
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Thin cell walls, gram-negative type cell wall

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Gracilicutes

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31
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Division of class Cyanobacteria and non-PStic bacteria and anaerobic PStic bacteria

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Gracilicutes

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32
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Thick and strong skin, gram-positive type cell wall

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Firmicutes

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33
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Division of class Rods and cocci, Actinomycetes and related organisms

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Firmicutes

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34
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Pliable and soft natured cell wall, indicating the lack of a rigid cell wall.

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Tenericutes

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35
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Division of class Mycoplasmas

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Tenericutes

36
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With unusual cell wall (lack conventional peptidoglycan)

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Mendosicutes

37
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Division of class Archaea

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Mendosicutes

38
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A polymer of disaccharides linked by polypeptides

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Peptidoglycan or murein or mucopeptide

39
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Carbohydrate backbone of peptidoglycan of bacterial cell wall

A

N-acetylglucosamine(NAG)

N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM)

40
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Gram positive bacterial cell wall:
Thick PG
With TA
Without OM

Gram negative bacterial cell wall:
Thin PG
Without TA
With OM

41
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Components of outer membrane in cell wall of bacteria

A

Lipopolysaccharides
Lipoproteins
Phospholipids

42
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Short polysaccharide extending outward from the core. Acts as antigen; distinguishes between species by serological methods

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O side chain or O antigen

43
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3 components of lipopolysaccharide

A

O side chain
Core polysaccharide
Lipid A

44
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Lipid component found buried within the outer membrane

45
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Lipid component composed of sugars

A

Core polysaccharide

46
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Importance of lipopolysaccharides

A
  • imparts a strong negative charge
  • Stabilization of membrane structure
  • acts as endotoxin due to lipid A (causes fever and shock)
  • protective barrier (prevents entry of bile salts, antibiotics and other toxic substances
47
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Lack cell walls; sterols in plasma membrane; macrolides

A

Mycoplasmas

48
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Atypical cell wall

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Cell wall of archaea

49
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Cell wall lacking muramic acid and D-amino acids; resistant to lysozyme and B-lactam antibiotics

A

Cell wall of archaea

50
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Cell wall stain with a single thick homogenous layer

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Gram positive archaea cell wall

51
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Cell wall stain which lacks the outer membrane and complex peptidoglycan network with a surface layer of protein or glycoprotein subunits

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Gram negative archaea cell wall

52
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Some gram positive archaea cell walls have:

A

Pseudomurein, complex polysaccharides, and heteropolysaccharides

53
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Polymer that has L-amino acids, N-acetyltalosaminuric acid instead of NAM, B-1,3 glycosidic bonds

A

Pseudomurein

54
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Component of archaea cell wall which is highly organized, asymmetric, flexible and dynamic; contains lipids and proteins

A

Cell membrane or plasma membrane

55
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Membrane proteins loosely associated with the membrane and easily removed

A

Peripheral proteins

56
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Membrane proteins embedded within the membrane and not easily removed.

A

Integral proteins

57
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Functions of cell membrane:

A
  • separation of cell from environment
  • selectively permeable barrier
  • site of crucial metabolic processes
  • detection of chemicals in surroundings with aid of special receptor molecules in the membrane
58
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Invaginations of the plasma membrane

59
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Mesosomes are more prominent in: (gram stain)

A

Gram positive

60
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Mesosome may be involved in:

A

Cell wall formation
Chromosome replication and distribution to daughter cells
Secretory processes

61
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What links straight chain fatty acids, membrane lipids?

A

Ester-linked

62
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Sterol-like molecules which stabilize the bacterial membrane.

63
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What links membrane lipids of cell membrane of archaea, which are branched chains of hydrocarbons attached to glycerol?

A

Ether-linked

64
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Lacks unit membrane-bound organelles; largely water

A

Cytoplasmic matrix

65
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Granules of organic or inorganic materials

A

Inclusion bodies

66
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Organic materials in prokaryotes

A 
Glycogen/ starch granules
Poly-B-hydroxybutyrate
Cyanophycin
Carboxysomes
BT crystal protein
Gas vacuoles
67
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Inorganic materials in prokaryotes

A

Magnetosomes
Volutin
Sulfur granules

68
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Inclusion body which is the stored carbon or energy source

A

Glycogen/starch

69
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Inclusion body with lipid-like, stored carbon or energy source

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Poly-B-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB)

70
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Inclusion body; stored nitrogen source and polymer of amino acids

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Cyanophycin

71
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Inclusion body; contains enzymes involved in carbon fixation

A

Carboxysomes

72
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Impermeable to water but permeable to gases; provides buoyancy for aquatic bacteria

A

Gas vacuoles (Microcystis)

73
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Inclusion body; not a storage product, allows orientation for navigation towards nutrients, favorable environment

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Magnetosomes (magnetite)

74
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Inclusion body; metachromatic granules, polyphosphate reservoir

75
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Inclusion body; energy and electron source

A

Sulfur granules

76
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Synthesis of proteins that will remain in the cell

A

Matrix ribosomes

77
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Synthesis of proteins for transport outside of cell

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Plasma membrane ribosomes

78
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Nuclear or chromatin body, nuclear region; in contact with mesosome or plasma membrane; made up of 60%DNA, some RNA and protein

79
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Circular dsDNA that can exist and replicate independently of the chromosome or may be integrated with it.

80
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Advantages of genes in plasmid

A

Drug resistance
Pathogenicity
New metabolic activities

81
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Dormant structure in gram positive bacteria; resistant to heat, UV, chemicals, disinfectants and desiccation

82
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Parts of bacterial endospore (from outer to inner)

A 
Exosporium
Spore coat
Cortex
Core wall
Core
83
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Stages of bacterial sporulation

A

Stage 1 - asymmetric cell division
Stage 2 - formation of septum
Stage 3 - mother cell engulfs prespore/forespore
Stage 4 - cortex formation
Stage 5 - spore coat formation
Stage 6 - maturation, cell lysis, disintegration of mother cell

84
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Stages of the transformation of endospore to vegetative cell

A

Activation
Germination
Outgrowth

85
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Location of endospores

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Central
Terminal
Subterminal
Swollen terminal (distended)

MCB 1 (2 decks)

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