Halomonas aquamarina (DSM 5425, ACAM 246, ATCC 49692)

Name: Halomonas aquamarina (DSM 5425, ACAM 246, ATCC 49692)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 6020

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 5425 ACAM 246 ATCC 49692 KCTC 22196 UQM 3352 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 77097

Special Collections DSMZ KCTC CIP

History DSMZ <- P.D. Franzmann <- S.R. James <- R. Garrick KCTC <- DSM <- PD Franzmann <- SR James <- R Garrick CIP <- 1994, ACAM <- St James <- R. Garrick and J. Gibson: strain UQM 3352

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Halomonas aquamarina DSM 5425 is an aerobe, Gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from organic lake.

Gram-negative aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 34618

KCTC 22196,ATCC 496,ATCC 49692,ACM 3352,CIP 104043,DSM 5425,NCIMB 13119,IFO 15608,NCIMB 13859,NBRC 15608,NCIMB 13958,NCIMB 13961

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:18

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Oceanospirillales

Family Halomonadaceae

Genus Halomonas

Species Halomonas aquamarina

Full scientific name Halomonas aquamarina (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Dobson and Franzmann 1996

Synonyms (9)

"Achromobacter aquamarinus"
Vreelandella aquamarina
Alcaligenes aquamarinus
Alcaligenes aestus
Deleya aquamarina
Halomonas meridiana
Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. homari
Halomonas axialensis
Deleya aesta

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Halomonas aquamarina** (3)	Type strain
6010	H. aquamarina 558, DSM 30161, ATCC 14400, KCTC 22193, NCMB ... (type strain)
6009	H. aquamarina DSM 4739, ATCC 27128, JCM 20631, CECT 4265, ...
143013	H. aquamarina CCUG 16158, ATCC 33127, LMG 3339, IAM 12645, ...

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
67771	negative
120897	negative	rod-shaped
125439	negative		92.273
125438	negative		98.5

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
2162	BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BACTO MARINE BROTH (DIFCO 2216) (DSMZ Medium 514) Composition: NaCl 19.45 g/l MgCl2 5.9 g/l Bacto peptone 5.0 g/l Na2SO4 3.24 g/l CaCl2 1.8 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l KCl 0.55 g/l NaHCO3 0.16 g/l Fe(III) citrate 0.1 g/l KBr 0.08 g/l SrCl2 0.034 g/l H3BO3 0.022 g/l Na2HPO4 0.008 g/l Na-silicate 0.004 g/l NaF 0.0024 g/l (NH4)NO3 0.0016 g/l Distilled water
34491	MEDIUM 110 - for Halomonas meridiana		Distilled water make up to (960.000 ml);Sodium chloride (30.000 g);Potassium chloride (5.000 g);Magnesium chloride hexahydrate (5.000 g);Magnesium sulphate heptahydrate (9.500 g);Calcium chloride dihydrate (0.200 g);Agar (15.000 g);Yeast extract (1.000g);
120897	CIP Medium 255	Medium recipe at CIP
120897	CIP Medium 110	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
2162	positive	growth	28
34491	positive	growth	25
67771	positive	growth	28
120897	positive	growth	10-37
120897	negative	growth	5

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
67771	aerobe
120897	obligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.52
125438		91.516

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
120897	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
120897	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
120897	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
120897	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
120897	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
120897	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
120897	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
120897	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
120897	oxidase	+
120897	urease	-	3.5.1.5

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
120897	not determinedn.d.	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Lake (large)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
2162	organic lake				Australia and Oceania
67771	From organic lake		Antarctica	ATA	Australia and Oceania
120897	Environment, Water	Burch lake	Antarctica	ATA	Antarctica

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ306891 (>99% sequence identity) for Halomonas from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	5177
Soil Samples	435
Animal Samples	4415
Plant Samples	138
Total Samples	10165

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2162	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
120897	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
66792	IMG-taxon 2698536813 annotated assembly for Vreelandella aquamarina ACAM 246	contig	GCA_900129255	29570.7	2698536813	29570	78.96

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Halomonas meridiana (DSM 5425) 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene	M93356	1475	29570
20218	Halomonas meridiana gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 15608	AB680914	1460	29570
2162	Halomonas meridiana partial 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 5425	AJ306891	1528	29570
124043	Halomonas meridiana strain DSM 5425 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK185047	603	77097
124043	Halomonas meridiana strain DSM 5425 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK185034	663	77097
124043	Halomonas meridiana strain DSM 5425 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MN905349	556	77097
124043	Halomonas meridiana strain DSM 5425 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MN901184	605	77097
124043	Halomonas meridiana strain DSM 5425 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MW111221	708	77097
124043	Halomonas meridiana strain DSM 5425 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MW198110	601	77097
124043	Halomonas meridiana strain DSM 5425 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK185054	539	77097

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: IMG-taxon 2698536813 annotated assembly for Vreelandella aquamarina ACAM 246
NCBI: GCA_900129255

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	59.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	92.27	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	61.50	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.52	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Halomonas meridiana strain ACAM 246
PATRIC: 29570.7

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.50	yes
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.89	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.52	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	83.07	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.88	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	80.38	no

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Genetics	Prophage Tracer: precisely tracing prophages in prokaryotic genomes using overlapping split-read alignment.	Tang K, Wang W, Sun Y, Zhou Y, Wang P, Guo Y, Wang X.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/gkab824	2021
Metabolism	Quantitative three-dimensional nondestructive imaging of whole anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria.	Peng MW, Guan Y, Liu JH, Chen L, Wang H, Xie ZZ, Li HY, Chen YP, Liu P, Yan P, Guo JS, Liu G, Shen Y, Fang F.	J Synchrotron Radiat	10.1107/s1600577520002349	2020
	Response surface methodology based optimization and scale-up production of amylase from a novel bacterial strain, Bacillus aryabhattai KIIT BE-1.	Ojha SK, Singh PK, Mishra S, Mishra S, Pattnaik R, Dixit S, Verma SK.	Biotechnol Rep (Amst)	10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00506	2020
	Chloride Activated Halophilic alpha-Amylase from Marinobacter sp. EMB8: Production Optimization and Nanoimmobilization for Efficient Starch Hydrolysis.	Kumar S, Kumar S, Khare SK.	Enzyme Res	10.1155/2015/859485	2015
	Catabolite regulation of enzymatic activities in a white pox pathogen and commensal bacteria during growth on mucus polymers from the coral Acropora palmata.	Krediet CJ, Ritchie KB, Teplitski M.	Dis Aquat Organ	10.3354/dao02084	2009
Pathogenicity	Induction of apoptosis in cancer cell lines by the Red Sea brine pool bacterial extracts.	Sagar S, Esau L, Holtermann K, Hikmawan T, Zhang G, Stingl U, Bajic VB, Kaur M.	BMC Complement Altern Med	10.1186/1472-6882-13-344	2013
Metabolism	[Enrichment and diversity analyis of arsenite-resistant bacteria in deep sea sediment samples from southwest Indian Ocean ridge].	Chen S, Shao Z.	Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao		2008
Enzymology	Beauveria bassiana Xylanase: Characterization and Wastepaper Deinking Potential of a Novel Glycosyl Hydrolase from an Endophytic Fungal Entomopathogen.	Amobonye A, Bhagwat P, Singh S, Pillai S.	J Fungi (Basel)	10.3390/jof7080668	2021
	Characterisation of sequence-structure-function space in sensor-effector integrators of phytochrome-regulated diguanylate cyclases.	Bohm C, Gourinchas G, Zweytick S, Hujdur E, Reiter M, Trstenjak S, Sensen CW, Winkler A.	Photochem Photobiol Sci	10.1007/s43630-022-00255-7	2022
	Halophilic Bacteria of Lunsu Produce an Array of Industrially Important Enzymes with Salt Tolerant Activity.	Gupta S, Sharma P, Dev K, Sourirajan A.	Biochem Res Int	10.1155/2016/9237418	2016
Enzymology	Production and biochemical characterization of an alpha-amylase from the moderate halophile Halomonas meridiana.	Coronado M, Vargas C, Hofemeister J, Ventosa A, Nieto JJ.	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb08935.x	2000
Enzymology	High Diversity of beta-Glucosidase-Producing Bacteria and Their Genes Associated with Scleractinian Corals.	Su H, Xiao Z, Yu K, Zhang Q, Lu C, Wang G, Wang Y, Liang J, Huang W, Huang X, Wei F.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms22073523	2021
Enzymology	Development and validation of a physiologically based kinetic model for starting up and operation of the biological gas desulfurization process under haloalkaline conditions.	Kiragosyan K, Klok JBM, Keesman KJ, Roman P, Janssen AJH.	Water Res X	10.1016/j.wroa.2019.100035	2019
	Cloning and Molecular Characterization of an Alpha-Glucosidase (MalH) from the Halophilic Archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi.	Cuebas-Irizarry MF, Irizarry-Caro RA, Lopez-Morales C, Badillo-Rivera KM, Rodriguez-Minguela CM, Montalvo-Rodriguez R.	Life (Basel)	10.3390/life7040046	2017
	Production and Characterization of alpha-Amylase from an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon, Haloferax sp. HA10.	Bajpai B, Chaudhary M, Saxena J.	Food Technol Biotechnol	10.17113/ftb.53.01.15.3824	2015
Enzymology	Isolation and characterization of bacteria associated with the rhizosphere of halophytes (Salsola stocksii and Atriplex amnicola) for production of hydrolytic enzymes.	Mukhtar S, Mehnaz S, Mirza MS, Malik KA.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1007/s42770-019-00044-y	2019
	Self-preservation strategies during bacterial biomineralization with reference to hydrozincite and implications for fossilization of bacteria.	Ngwenya BT, Magennis M, Podda F, Gromov A.	J R Soc Interface	10.1098/rsif.2014.0845	2014
	Overview of Salmonella Genomic Island 1-Related Elements Among Gamma-Proteobacteria Reveals Their Wide Distribution Among Environmental Species.	Siebor E, Neuwirth C.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.857492	2022
Phylogeny	Insights into Diversity and Imputed Metabolic Potential of Bacterial Communities in the Continental Shelf of Agatti Island.	Kumbhare SV, Dhotre DP, Dhar SK, Jani K, Apte DA, Shouche YS, Sharma A.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0129864	2015
	Lignocellulose dissociation with biological pretreatment towards the biochemical platform: A review.	Wu Z, Peng K, Zhang Y, Wang M, Yong C, Chen L, Qu P, Huang H, Sun E, Pan M.	Mater Today Bio	10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100445	2022
Enzymology	Screening and isolation of halophilic bacteria producing industrially important enzymes.	Kumar S, Karan R, Kapoor S, S P S, S K K.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1590/s1517-838220120004000044	2012
	Utilization of mucus from the coral Acropora palmata by the pathogen Serratia marcescens and by environmental and coral commensal bacteria.	Krediet CJ, Ritchie KB, Cohen M, Lipp EK, Sutherland KP, Teplitski M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00457-09	2009
Metabolism	Individual Apostichopus japonicus fecal microbiome reveals a link with polyhydroxybutyrate producers in host growth gaps.	Yamazaki Y, Meirelles PM, Mino S, Suda W, Oshima K, Hattori M, Thompson FL, Sakai Y, Sawabe T, Sawabe T.	Sci Rep	10.1038/srep21631	2016
Phylogeny	Improved detection of gene-microbe interactions in the mouse skin microbiota using high-resolution QTL mapping of 16S rRNA transcripts.	Belheouane M, Gupta Y, Kunzel S, Ibrahim S, Baines JF.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-017-0275-5	2017
	Genomic and phenotypic attributes of novel salinivibrios from stromatolites, sediment and water from a high altitude lake.	Gorriti MF, Dias GM, Chimetto LA, Trindade-Silva AE, Silva BS, Mesquita MM, Gregoracci GB, Farias ME, Thompson CC, Thompson FL.	BMC Genomics	10.1186/1471-2164-15-473	2014
Metabolism	Characterization of Halomonas sp. strain H11 alpha-glucosidase activated by monovalent cations and its application for efficient synthesis of alpha-D-glucosylglycerol.	Ojima T, Saburi W, Yamamoto T, Kudo T.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.07514-11	2012
Enzymology	Microbial communities associated with geological horizons in coastal subseafloor sediments from the sea of okhotsk.	Inagaki F, Suzuki M, Takai K, Oida H, Sakamoto T, Aoki K, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.69.12.7224-7235.2003	2003
Phylogeny	Distribution of archaea in a black smoker chimney structure.	Takai K, Komatsu T, Inagaki F, Horikoshi K.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.67.8.3618-3629.2001	2001
Metabolism	Diversity of thiosulfate-oxidizing bacteria from marine sediments and hydrothermal vents.	Teske A, Brinkhoff T, Muyzer G, Moser DP, Rethmeier J, Jannasch HW.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.8.3125-3133.2000	2000
Enzymology	The alpha-amylase gene amyH of the moderate halophile Halomonas meridiana: cloning and molecular characterization.	Coronado MA, Vargas C, Mellado E, Tegos G, Drainas C, Nieto JNJ, Ventosa A	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/00221287-146-4-861	2000
	Isolation of highly copper-resistant bacteria from deep-sea hydrothermal fields and description of a novel species Marinobacter metalliresistant sp. nov.	Yu T, Qin M, Shao Z, Zhao Y, Zeng X.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2024.1390451	2024
Phylogeny	Physiological features of Halomonas lionensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a Mediterranean Sea sediment.	Gaboyer F, Vandenabeele-Trambouze O, Cao J, Ciobanu MC, Jebbar M, Le Romancer M, Alain K.	Res Microbiol	10.1016/j.resmic.2014.07.009	2014
Phylogeny	Halomonas titanicae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the RMS Titanic.	Sanchez-Porro C, Kaur B, Mann H, Ventosa A.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.020628-0	2010
Phylogeny	Halomonas neptunia sp. nov., Halomonas sulfidaeris sp. nov., Halomonas axialensis sp. nov. and Halomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments.	Kaye JZ, Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Baross JA.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02799-0	2004
Phylogeny	Halomonas piezotolerans sp. nov., a multiple-stress-tolerant bacterium isolated from a deep-sea sediment sample of the New Britain Trench.	Yan F, Fang J, Cao J, Wei Y, Liu R, Wang L, Xie Z	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.004069	2020
Phylogeny	Halomonas songnenensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline and alkaline soils.	Jiang J, Pan Y, Hu S, Zhang X, Hu B, Huang H, Hong S, Meng J, Li C, Wang K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.056499-0	2014
Phylogeny	Halomonas andesensis sp. nov., a moderate halophile isolated from the saline lake Laguna Colorada in Bolivia.	Guzman D, Quillaguaman J, Munoz M, Hatti-Kaul R	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.014522-0	2009
Phylogeny	Halomonas boliviensis sp. nov., an alkalitolerant, moderate halophile isolated from soil around a Bolivian hypersaline lake.	Quillaguaman J, Hatti-Kaul R, Mattiasson B, Alvarez MT, Delgado O	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02800-0	2004

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