Azohydromonas lata (DSM 1122, ATCC 29712, IAM 12599)

Name: Azohydromonas lata (DSM 1122, ATCC 29712, IAM 12599)
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BacDive ID 339

Type strain

Strain Designation H-4, H4

Culture col. no. DSM 1122 ATCC 29712 IAM 12599 LMG 3321 H-4 10 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1314749 45677

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History DSMZ <- N.J. Palleroni, H-4 JCM <-- IAM 12599 <-- ATCC 29712 <-- N. J. Palleroni H-4. CIP <- 1991, CCUG <- ATCC <- M.L. Palleroni: strain H4

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Azohydromonas lata H-4 is a Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from soil.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 801

LMG 3321,ATCC 29712,CCUG 10983,CCUG 7831,DSM 1122,IAM 12599,LMG 3323,LMG 3326,NCIB 12188,CIP 103458,NCIMB 12188,CCM 4448,KCTC 2339,KCTC 2868,NCCB 97132,LMD 97.132,BCRC 15440,CCRC 15440,CIP 13458,NCAIM B.01976,CCUG 31481,NBRC 102462,JCM 20675

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:25:00

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Sphaerotilaceae

Genus Azohydromonas

Species Azohydromonas lata

Full scientific name Azohydromonas lata (Palleroni and Palleroni 1978) Xie and Yokota 2005

Synonyms (1)

Alcaligenes latus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Azohydromonas lata** (2)	Type strain
340	A. lata H-1, DSM 1123, ATCC 29714, IAM 12665, LMG ...
130147	A. lata btF 136, DSM 16563

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
120565	negative	rod-shaped
125439	negative		97.548
125438	negative		98

Colony morphology

120565

Hemolysis ability0

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
566	R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water
38132	MEDIUM 12 - for Alcaligenes latus and Rhodobacter capsulatus		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Yeast extract (3.000 g);Peptone (6.000 g)
566	MINERAL MEDIUM FOR CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC GROWTH (H-3) (DSMZ Medium 81)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MINERAL MEDIUM FOR CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC GROWTH (H-3) (DSMZ Medium 81) Composition: Agar 20.1005 g/l Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 2.91457 g/l KH2PO4 2.31156 g/l NH4Cl 1.00503 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.502512 g/l Ferric ammonium citrate 0.0502513 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0100503 g/l NaVO3 x H2O 0.00502512 g/l Calcium pantothenate 0.00251256 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.00251256 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.00251256 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.00251256 g/l H3BO3 0.00150754 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00100503 g/l Riboflavin 0.000502513 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000502513 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.000150754 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.000150754 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000100503 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 5.02513e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 5.02513e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.00503e-05 g/l Biotin 5.02513e-06 g/l Distilled water
566	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
120565	CIP Medium 12	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
566	positive	growth	30
38132	positive	growth	30
67770	positive	growth	30
120565	positive	growth	15-37
120565	negative	growth	10
120565	negative	growth	41
120565	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.769

Compound production

566

CompoundPHB

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
120565	NaCl	positive	growth	0 %
120565	NaCl		growth	2 %
120565	NaCl		growth	4 %
120565	NaCl		growth	6 %
120565	NaCl		growth	8 %
120565	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
120565	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
120565	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
120565	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
120565	15792 ChEBI	malonate	-	assimilation
120565	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	builds gas from
120565	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
120565	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
120565	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	builds gas from
120565	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
120565	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
120565	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
120565	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
120565	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
120565	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
120565	amylase	+
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
120565	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
120565	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
120565	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
120565	gelatinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
120565	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
120565	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
120565	oxidase	+
120565	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	+	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
120565	tryptophan deaminase	-
120565	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
120565	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
566	soil	California	USA	USA	North America
67770	Soil	CA	USA	USA	North America
120565	Environment, Soil	Berkeley, California	United States of America	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
566	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120565	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM157108v1 assembly for Azohydromonas lata NBRC 102462	contig	GCA_001571085	1314749.5	2731957616	1314749	10.5
66792	MsE-30jul19-236 assembly for Azohydromonas lata NBRC 102462	contig	GCA_945878385	1314749.8		1314749	0.2

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Azohydromonas lata gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain:IAM 12599	AB188125	1462	45677
20218	Alcaligenes latus DNA for 16S ribosomal RNA	D88007	1467	45677
20218	Azohydromonas lata gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 102462	AB681804	1454	45677

GC content

566

GC-content (mol%)69.4

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM157108v1 assembly for Azohydromonas lata NBRC 102462
NCBI: GCA_001571085

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	86.14	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	97.55	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	81.38	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.77	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Azohydromonas lata NBRC 102462
PATRIC: 1314749.5

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.00	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.48	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	87.73	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	79.00	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	81.22	no

Literature

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	Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymer from crop residue using bacteria as an alternative to plastics: a review.	Chouhan A, Tiwari A.	RSC Adv	10.1039/d4ra08505a	2025
	A sustainable synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate from stubble waste as a carbon source using Pseudomonas putida MTCC 2475.	Kukreti N, Kumar P, Kataria R.	Front Bioeng Biotechnol	10.3389/fbioe.2024.1343579	2024
	Emergent Approaches to Efficient and Sustainable Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production.	Bedade DK, Edson CB, Gross RA.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules26113463	2021
	Insightful Advancement and Opportunities for Microbial Bioplastic Production.	Samadhiya K, Sangtani R, Nogueira R, Bala K.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.674864	2021
	Substrate Optimization for PHB Production from Ricotta Cheese Exhausted Whey Using Azohydromonas lata DSM 1123.	Longo A, Sconosciuto L, Verni M, Carofiglio VE, Centrone D, Villano M, Salvatori G, Pontonio E, Montemurro M, Rizzello CG.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13081917	2025
	De Novo Assembly of the Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) Producer Azohydromonas lata Strain H1 Genome and Genomic Analysis of PHB Production Machinery.	Traversa D, Pazzani C, D'Addabbo P, Trisolini L, Chiara M, Oliva M, Marzella A, Mandorino C, Calia C, Chimienti G, Manzari C, Pesole G, Scrascia M.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13010137	2025
	Substrate Optimization for PHB Production from Ricotta Cheese Exhausted Whey Using Azohydromonas lata DSM 1123	Longo A, Sconosciuto L, Verni M, Carofiglio V, Centrone D, Villano M, Salvatori G, Pontonio E, Montemurro M, Rizzello C.	Microorganisms		2025
	Characterizing the growth of PHA-producing microorganisms on short-chain carboxylic acids.	Leonhardt S, Tamang P, Tovar GEM, Zibek S.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-025-02840-8	2025
	Improving Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Properties Using Nanocellulose in Biomedical Applications: Thermal, Mechanical and Biological Studies.	Maternia-Dudzik K, Ozog L, Bober Z, Oliwa R, Oleksy M, Kamizela A, Szyszkowska A, Rafinska K, Gonciarz W, Gancarczyk K, Czerniecka-Kubicka A.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms26199795	2025
	Repeated Fed-Batch Culture Strategy for the Synthesis of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) Biopolymers from Sugar Cane Juice Using Azotobacter vinelandii.	Dujjanutat P, Singhaboot P, Kaewkannetra P.	Polymers (Basel)	10.3390/polym16223156	2024
	Continuous Supply of Non-Combustible Gas Mixture for Safe Autotrophic Culture to Produce Polyhydroxyalkanoate by Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria.	Miyahara Y, Wang CT, Ishii-Hyakutake M, Tsuge T.	Bioengineering (Basel)	10.3390/bioengineering9100586	2022
	Unlocking efficient polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Gram-positive Priestia megaterium using waste-derived feedstocks.	Bai X, Xu L, Li K, Zhang G, Zhang M, Huang Y.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-025-02803-z	2025
	The Absence of Phasins PhbP2 and PhbP3 in Azotobacter vinelandii Determines the Growth and Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate Synthesis.	Aguirre-Zapata C, Segura D, Ruiz J, Galindo E, Perez A, Diaz-Barrera A, Pena C.	Polymers (Basel)	10.3390/polym16202897	2024
Metabolism	Production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid by fermentation and bioconversion processes with Azohydromonas lata.	Ugwu CU, Tokiwa Y, Ichiba T.	Bioresour Technol	10.1016/j.biortech.2011.03.073	2011
	Application of Immersed Membrane Bioreactor for Semi-Continuous Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Organic Waste-Based Volatile Fatty Acids.	Vu DH, Mahboubi A, Root A, Heinmaa I, Taherzadeh MJ, Akesson D.	Membranes (Basel)	10.3390/membranes13060569	2023
Metabolism	Optimal iron concentrations for growth-associated polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis in the marine photosynthetic purple bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum under photoheterotrophic condition.	Foong CP, Higuchi-Takeuchi M, Numata K.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0212654	2019
Metabolism	Poly-beta-Hydroxybutyrate Production by the Cyanobacterium Scytonema geitleri Bharadwaja under Varying Environmental Conditions.	Singh MK, Rai PK, Rai A, Singh S, Singh JS.	Biomolecules	10.3390/biom9050198	2019
	Beyond Intracellular Accumulation of Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Chiral Hydroxyalkanoic Acids and Polymer Secretion.	Yanez L, Conejeros R, Vergara-Fernandez A, Scott F.	Front Bioeng Biotechnol	10.3389/fbioe.2020.00248	2020
Metabolism	Differential sensitivity of polyhydroxyalkanoate producing bacteria to fermentation inhibitors and comparison of polyhydroxybutyrate production from Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas pseudoflava.	Dietrich D, Illman B, Crooks C.	BMC Res Notes	10.1186/1756-0500-6-219	2013
	Development of a cost-effective medium for Photorhabdus temperata bioinsecticide production from wastewater and exploration of performance kinetic.	Keskes S, Jallouli W, Atitallah IB, Driss F, Sahli E, Chamkha M, Tounsi S.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-020-80773-5	2021
Metabolism	Culture-independent analysis of hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial communities in environmental samples during oil-bioremediation.	Dashti N, Ali N, Salamah S, Khanafer M, Al-Shamy G, Al-Awadhi H, Radwan SS.	Microbiologyopen	10.1002/mbo3.630	2019
	Influence of Vinasse Application in the Structure and Composition of the Bacterial Community of the Soil under Sugarcane Cultivation.	Omori WP, de Camargo AF, Goulart KC, Lemos EG, de Souza JA.	Int J Microbiol	10.1155/2016/2349514	2016
	Recovery of the PHA Copolymer P(HB-co-HHx) With Non-halogenated Solvents: Influences on Molecular Weight and HHx-Content.	Bartels M, Gutschmann B, Widmer T, Grimm T, Neubauer P, Riedel SL.	Front Bioeng Biotechnol	10.3389/fbioe.2020.00944	2020
	From Organic Wastes to Bioplastics: Feasibility of Nonsterile Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Production by Zobellella denitrificans ZD1.	Asiri F, Chen CH, Hwangbo M, Shao Y, Chu KH.	ACS Omega	10.1021/acsomega.9b04002	2020
	Current trends in medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates: Microbial production, purification, and characterization.	Hahn T, Alzate MO, Leonhardt S, Tamang P, Zibek S.	Eng Life Sci	10.1002/elsc.202300211	2024
	Prospecting for Marine Bacteria for Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production on Low-Cost Substrates.	Takahashi RYU, Castilho NAS, Silva MACD, Miotto MC, Lima AOS.	Bioengineering (Basel)	10.3390/bioengineering4030060	2017
Metabolism	Cyanobacterial Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB): Screening, Optimization and Characterization.	Ansari S, Fatma T.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0158168	2016
Metabolism	Biotechnological strategies to improve production of microbial poly-(3-hydroxybutyrate): a review of recent research work.	Pena C, Castillo T, Garcia A, Millan M, Segura D.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.12129	2014
Metabolism	Microbial community composition of polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating organisms in full-scale wastewater treatment plants operated in fully aerobic mode.	Oshiki M, Onuki M, Satoh H, Mino T.	Microbes Environ	10.1264/jsme2.me12141	2013
Phylogeny	The Response of a 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Fragment Amplified Community to Lead, Zinc, and Copper Pollution in a Shanghai Field Trial.	Kou S, Vincent G, Gonzalez E, Pitre FE, Labrecque M, Brereton NJB.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.00366	2018
Metabolism	Production of specific copolymers of polyhydroxyalkanoates from industrial waste.	Wong PA, Chua H, Lo W, Lawford HG, Yu PH	Appl Biochem Biotechnol	10.1385/abab:98-100:1-9:655	2002
Phylogeny	Azohydromonas caseinilytica sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Isolated From Forest Soil by Using Optimized Culture Method.	Dahal RH, Chaudhary DK, Kim DU, Kim J	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.647132	2021
Phylogeny	Azohydromonas riparia sp. nov. and Azohydromonas ureilytica sp. nov. isolated from a riverside soil in South Korea.	Nguyen TM, Kim J	J Microbiol	10.1007/s12275-017-6519-z	2017
Phylogeny	Reclassification of Alcaligenes latus strains IAM 12599T and IAM 12664 and Pseudomonas saccharophila as Azohydromonas lata gen. nov., comb. nov., Azohydromonas australica sp. nov. and Pelomonas saccharophila gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively.	Xie CH, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63733-0	2005

References

#566	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 1122
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#38132	; Curators of the CIP;
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#120565	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103458
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Azohydromonas lata (DSM 1122, ATCC 29712, IAM 12599)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

Compound production

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001571085

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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