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PROKARYOTIC MICROBES Flashcards

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What is the 4 characteristics of Enterobacteriaceae?

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  • Peritrichous flagella (if mobile)
  • Bacilli
  • Ferments glucose
  • Meat extract media: Mac Conkey’s Agar
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What toxins do E. Coli releases?

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Endotoxin and Enterotoxin

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A type of E. coli that usually affects children and infants?

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Enteropathogenic E. Coli

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4
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Also known as Fried Lander’s

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Klebsiella Pneumonia

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5
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Vibrionaceae has a single _____?

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polar flagellum

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6
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What is the treatment for Salmonella typhi?

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Ceftriaxone (new)
Chloramphenicol (old)

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What is the treatment for E. Coli?

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Quinolone and Cotrimoxazole

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The third most leading cause of diarrhea?

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Campylobacter Jejuni

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9
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What is the treatment for Campylobacter Jejuni?

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Quinolones

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10
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The second leading cause of sepsis?

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Klebsiella Pnemoniae

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11
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Is Haemophilus considered a natural flora in the body? Yes or no?

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Yes

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12
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What area in the body is heamophilus a natural flora?

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Respiratory tract and oral cavity

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13
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What is the treatment for legionella pnemoniae?

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DOC: Erythromycin
Macrolides, Ciprofloxacin, rifampicin

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14
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What is the causative agent of pontiac fever and legionaires disease?

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Legioniella pnemophilia (habitat water)

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What is the treatment for Bordetella Pertussis?

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Macrolides

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16
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Bordetella Pertussis causes?

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Whooping cough

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17
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What is the treatment for Brucella?

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Streptomycin, Rifampicin, Doxycyline

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18
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Where would you get Bartonella Henselae?

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From a cat-scratch

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19
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What is the treatment for Bartonella Henselae?

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Azithromycin

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20
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Causes deer-fly fever, Rabbit fever, and Tularemia.

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Francisella Tularensis

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What is the treatment for Francisella Tularensis?

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Streptomycin and Doxycycline

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22
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A type of Brucella that is related goats/sheeps?

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Brucella melitensis

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23
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5 day fever (a.k.a Trench fever) is cause by?

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Bartonella Quintana

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24
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Neisseria is in what shape?

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Spherical(cocci)

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25
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What is the cure for Clostridium tetani?

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Metronidazole

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26
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Ferments Carboxylic acid?

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Neisseria (Cocci)

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27
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What is the treatment for Neisseria meningitides?

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Ciprofloxin and Rifampicin

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28
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An example of Anaerobic Organism?

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Bacteroides Fragilis

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29
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Originally thought to be a virus as growth was found to be enhanced by sulfonamides?

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Rickettsia(Non-Free Living Organism)

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30
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Scrub typhus has a vector of?

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Mite’s larvae

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31
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A type of Rickettsia that causes Rocky mountain spotted fever?

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Rickettsia Rickettsii

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32
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What is the Rickettsial disease that has a vector of human body louse and causes Brill-zinsser disease?

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Rickettsia Prowazekii

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33
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What is the vector for Rickettsia typhi (murine typhi)?

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Rat’s flea

34
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What is the vector Rickettsia Akari (Rickettsial pox)?

35
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What is the causative agent for Queensland tick fever?

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Rickettsia Australis

36
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Chlamydia elementary bodies is?

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Infectious

37
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Chlamydia reticulate body is?

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Non-infectious

38
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What flagella does spirochetes have?

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Periplasmic flagella

39
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Treponema Pallidum causes?

40
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Treponema fine spiral has what ends?

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round ends

41
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Causes leptospirosis?

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Leptospira interrogans

42
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What is the cure for leptospirosis?

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Pen G/ Penicillin G

43
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Has wide-opened coils

44
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Causes lyme disease?

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Borrelia Burgdorferi

45
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Borrelia Recurrentis causes?

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Relapsing fever

46
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What does Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae has in common?

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Both are Acid-fast organism

47
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Define Acid-Fast organism

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Resist decolorization from acid and alcohol due to Mycolic acid

48
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A type of microbe that releases blue-green fluorescent when exposed to UV light?

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

49
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What test is being done for mycobacterium tuberculosis?

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Sputum smear and Mantoux test

50
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Smallest free-living prokaryotic cell

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Mycoplasma pneumonia

51
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Thick peptidoglycan, teichoic, and lipoteichoic acid

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Gram positive

52
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Produces greenish zone in the colony

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Alpha hemolysis

53
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non-hemolytic is?

54
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Causes strep throat and scarlet fever. Group A (Beta)

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Streptococcus pyrogens

55
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Streptococcus agalactiae is commonly associated to pregnant woman and new-born babies, what group does this belong?

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Group B (Beta) targets pregnant and infants

56
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The zoonotic type group of prokaryotic gram positive?

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Group C (Beta)

57
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Streptococcus bovis (alpha/gamma) is a normal flora of human colon, what group does this belong?

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Group D(Alpha) found in GI tract

58
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Found in pregnant woman and infant is what causative agent and WHAT IS THE CURE?

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Streptococcus agalactiae
Gentamycin + Ampicillin

59
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What does dysgalactiae means

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Hard to produce milk. GROUP C (Beta)

60
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Most commonly cause of pneumonia. Found in Unclassified Streptococcus (Alpha)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

61
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If streptococcus is round and in chain, then ,what is STAPHYloccocus?

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Round and in grapelike cluster (yellow colonies)

62
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STAPHYlococcus aureus is associated to?

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Tampons (Toxic Shock Syndrome)

63
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What is the causative agent of Anthrax?

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Bacillus Anthracis

64
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Bacillus anthracis is?

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Largest microscopic bacterium (Medusa head-like colony)

65
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What is the most lethal infection of Bacillus Anthracis?

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Respiratory

66
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What is the causative agent of Fried Rice Poisoning?

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Bacillus Cereus

67
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If legionella Pneumophila habitat is in water then what perhaps is the Clostridium’s

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Soil(Land)

68
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Clostridium Perfringens causes?

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Gas Gangrene

69
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What is the causative agent for tetanus?

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Clostridium Tetani
DOC: Metronidazole

70
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Blocks acetylcholine, secretes Neurotoxin

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Clostridium botulinum

71
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The third most leading diarrhea and treatment?

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Campylobacter Jejuni. Quinolones

72
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Causative agent of Cholera and its treatment?

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Vibrio Cholerae. Tetracycline and ORS.

73
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which is old and new in treatment for typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi)

Chloramphenicol and Ceftriaxone

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Chloramphenicol (old)
Ceftriaxone (new)

74
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What is the causative agent for sepsis?

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Salmonella choleraesius

75
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What is the treatment of Haemophilus Influenza?

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  • Cefotaxime
  • Second and Third generation of Cephalosporins
76
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Causes PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)

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Neisseria Gonorrhea

77
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WHAT is the causative agent for Q fever and WHAT is the treatment?

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Coxiella burnetii.

Doxycycline and Chloroquine

78
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Chloroquine is use against what plasmodium strain?

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P. vivax(mildest, benign) and P. ovale(tertian)

79
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What is the treatment against P. falciparum?

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Quinidine gluconate (IV)
Quinidine sulfate (oral)

80
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What is the recommended prophylaxis for travelers to areas without known strain of chloroquine-resistant.

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Mefloquine and Atovaquone

81
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What is the treatment for Toxoplasma Gondii

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