Kevin F. Dybvig - Publications

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University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States 
Area:
Microbiology Biology

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2020 Matteau D, Lachance JC, Grenier F, Gauthier S, Daubenspeck JM, Dybvig K, Garneau D, Knight TF, Jacques PÉ, Rodrigue S. Integrative characterization of the near-minimal bacterium Mesoplasma florum. Molecular Systems Biology. 16: e9844. PMID 33331123 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20209844  0.774
2020 Daubenspeck JM, Totten AH, Needham J, Feng M, Balish MF, Atkinson TP, Dybvig K. Biofilms Contain Poly-GlcNAc and Contribute to Antibiotic Resistance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 585524. PMID 33193233 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.585524  0.783
2016 Totten AH, Xiao L, Crabb DM, Ratliff AE, Dybvig K, Waites KB, Atkinson TP. Shaken or stirred?: Comparison of methods for dispersion of Mycoplasma pneumoniae aggregates for persistence in vivo. Journal of Microbiological Methods. PMID 27865739 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mimet.2016.11.011  0.314
2016 Zhang J, Song X, Ma MJ, Xiao L, Kenri T, Sun H, Ptacek T, Li S, Waites KB, Atkinson TP, Shibayama K, Dybvig K, Feng Y. Inter- and intra-strain variability of tandem repeats in Mycoplasma pneumoniae based on next-generation sequencing data. Future Microbiology. PMID 27728978 DOI: 10.2217/Fmb-2016-0111  0.341
2016 Daubenspeck JM, Liu R, Dybvig K. Rhamnose Links Moonlighting Proteins to Membrane Phospholipid in Mycoplasmas. Plos One. 11: e0162505. PMID 27603308 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0162505  0.786
2015 Daubenspeck JM, Jordan DS, Simmons W, Renfrow MB, Dybvig K. General N-and O-Linked Glycosylation of Lipoproteins in Mycoplasmas and Role of Exogenous Oligosaccharide. Plos One. 10: e0143362. PMID 26599081 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0143362  0.8
2015 Xiao L, Ptacek T, Osborne JD, Crabb DM, Simmons WL, Lefkowitz EJ, Waites KB, Atkinson TP, Dybvig K. Comparative genome analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Bmc Genomics. 16: 610. PMID 26275904 DOI: 10.1186/S12864-015-1801-0  0.395
2015 Simmons WL, Dybvig K. Catalase Enhances Growth and Biofilm Production of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Current Microbiology. 71: 190-4. PMID 25894997 DOI: 10.1007/S00284-015-0822-X  0.364
2013 Jordan DS, Daubenspeck JM, Laube AH, Renfrow MB, Dybvig K. O-linked protein glycosylation in Mycoplasma. Molecular Microbiology. 90: 1046-53. PMID 24118505 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.12415  0.78
2013 Jordan DS, Daubenspeck JM, Dybvig K. Rhamnose biosynthesis in mycoplasmas requires precursor glycans larger than monosaccharide. Molecular Microbiology. 89: 918-28. PMID 23826905 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.12320  0.759
2013 Simmons WL, Daubenspeck JM, Osborne JD, Balish MF, Waites KB, Dybvig K. Type 1 and type 2 strains of Mycoplasma pneumoniae form different biofilms. Microbiology (Reading, England). 159: 737-47. PMID 23412845 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.064782-0  0.804
2013 Shaw BM, Daubenspeck JM, Simmons WL, Dybvig K. EPS-I polysaccharide protects Mycoplasma pulmonis from phagocytosis. Fems Microbiology Letters. 338: 155-60. PMID 23190331 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12048  0.784
2012 Bolland JR, Simmons WL, Daubenspeck JM, Dybvig K. Mycoplasma polysaccharide protects against complement. Microbiology (Reading, England). 158: 1867-73. PMID 22504437 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.058222-0  0.775
2012 Bolland JR, Dybvig K. Mycoplasma pulmonis Vsa proteins and polysaccharide modulate adherence to pulmonary epithelial cells. Fems Microbiology Letters. 331: 25-30. PMID 22428866 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2012.02551.X  0.795
2012 Shaw BM, Simmons WL, Dybvig K. The Vsa shield of Mycoplasma pulmonis is antiphagocytic. Infection and Immunity. 80: 704-9. PMID 22083715 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.06009-11  0.431
2010 Dybvig K, Lao P, Jordan DS, Simmons WL. Fewer essential genes in mycoplasmas than previous studies suggest. Fems Microbiology Letters. 311: 51-5. PMID 20722737 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2010.02078.X  0.355
2009 Simmons WL, Dybvig K. Mycoplasma biofilms ex vivo and in vivo. Fems Microbiology Letters. 295: 77-81. PMID 19473253 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2009.01592.X  0.408
2009 Daubenspeck JM, Bolland JR, Luo W, Simmons WL, Dybvig K. Identification of exopolysaccharide-deficient mutants of Mycoplasma pulmonis. Molecular Microbiology. 72: 1235-45. PMID 19432800 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2009.06720.X  0.744
2009 Luo W, Tu AH, Cao Z, Yu H, Dybvig K. Identification of an isoschizomer of the HhaI DNA methyltransferase in Mycoplasma arthritidis. Fems Microbiology Letters. 290: 195-8. PMID 19054074 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2008.01428.X  0.598
2009 Xu DH, Panangala VS, Van Santen VL, Dybvig K, Abernathy JW, Klesius PH, Liu Z, Russo R. Molecular characteristics of an immobilization antigen gene of the fish-parasitic protozoan Ichthyophthirius multifiliis strain ARS-6 Aquaculture Research. 40: 1884-1892. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2109.2009.02301.X  0.348
2008 Luo W, Yu H, Cao Z, Schoeb TR, Marron M, Dybvig K. Association of Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen with lethal toxicity but not with arthritis in mice. Infection and Immunity. 76: 4989-98. PMID 18779340 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00667-08  0.567
2008 Dybvig K, Zuhua C, Lao P, Jordan DS, French CT, Tu AH, Loraine AE. Genome of Mycoplasma arthritidis. Infection and Immunity. 76: 4000-8. PMID 18573899 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00516-08  0.353
2008 French CT, Lao P, Loraine AE, Matthews BT, Yu H, Dybvig K. Large-scale transposon mutagenesis of Mycoplasma pulmonis. Molecular Microbiology. 69: 67-76. PMID 18452587 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2008.06262.X  0.425
2007 Simmons WL, Dybvig K. Biofilms Protect Mycoplasma pulmonis Cells from Lytic Effects of Complement and Gramicidin Infection and Immunity. 75: 3696-3699. PMID 17517864 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00440-07  0.461
2007 Panangala VS, Shoemaker CA, Van Santen VL, Dybvig K, Klesius PH. Multiplex-PCR for simultaneous detection of 3 bacterial fish pathogens, Flavobacterium columnare, Edwardsiella ictaluri, and Aeromonas hydrophila. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 74: 199-208. PMID 17465305 DOI: 10.3354/Dao074199  0.36
2007 Dybvig K, Cao Z, French CT, Yu H. Evidence for type III restriction and modification systems in Mycoplasma pulmonis. Journal of Bacteriology. 189: 2197-202. PMID 17209015 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.01669-06  0.333
2007 Simmons WL, Bolland JR, Daubenspeck JM, Dybvig K. A stochastic mechanism for biofilm formation by Mycoplasma pulmonis. Journal of Bacteriology. 189: 1905-13. PMID 17142389 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.01512-06  0.764
2007 Simmons WL, Dybvig K. How Some Mycoplasmas Evade Host Immune Responses Microbe Magazine. 2: 537-543. DOI: 10.1128/Microbe.2.537.1  0.33
2005 Denison AM, Clapper B, Dybvig K. Avoidance of the host immune system through phase variation in Mycoplasma pulmonis. Infection and Immunity. 73: 2033-9. PMID 15784544 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.4.2033-2039.2005  0.747
2005 Tu AHT, Clapper B, Schoeb TR, Elgavish A, Zhang J, Liu L, Yu H, Dybvig K. Association of a major protein antigen of Mycoplasma arthritidis with virulence Infection and Immunity. 73: 245-249. PMID 15618160 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.1.245-249.2005  0.772
2004 Clapper B, Tu AH, Simmons WL, Dybvig K. Bacteriophage MAV1 is not associated with virulence of Mycoplasma arthritidis. Infection and Immunity. 72: 7322-5. PMID 15557660 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.72.12.7322-7325.2004  0.775
2004 Simmons WL, Denison AM, Dybvig K. Resistance of Mycoplasma pulmonis to complement lysis is dependent on the number of Vsa tandem repeats: shield hypothesis. Infection and Immunity. 72: 6846-51. PMID 15557605 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.72.12.6846-6851.2004  0.765
2004 Clapper B, Tu AH, Elgavish A, Dybvig K. The vir gene of bacteriophage MAV1 confers resistance to phage infection on Mycoplasma arthritidis. Journal of Bacteriology. 186: 5715-20. PMID 15317776 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.186.17.5715-5720.2004  0.779
2003 Simmons WL, Dybvig K. The Vsa Proteins Modulate Susceptibility of Mycoplasma pulmonis to Complement Killing, Hemadsorption, and Adherence to Polystyrene Infection and Immunity. 71: 5733-5738. PMID 14500494 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.71.10.5733-5738.2003  0.414
2003 Roberts RJ, Belfort M, Bestor T, Bhagwat AS, Bickle TA, Bitinaite J, Blumenthal RM, Degtyarev SKh, Dryden DT, Dybvig K, Firman K, Gromova ES, Gumport RI, Halford SE, Hattman S, et al. A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 31: 1805-12. PMID 12654995 DOI: 10.1093/Nar/Gkg274  0.32
2003 Washburn LR, Bird DW, Dybvig K. Restoration of cytoadherence to an adherence-deficient mutant of Mycoplasma arthritidis by genetic complementation. Infection and Immunity. 71: 671-5. PMID 12540544 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.71.2.671-675.2003  0.391
2002 Sitaraman R, Denison AM, Dybvig K. A unique, bifunctional site-specific DNA recombinase from Mycoplasma pulmonis. Molecular Microbiology. 46: 1033-40. PMID 12421309 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2002.03206.X  0.711
2002 Ron Y, Flitman-Tene R, Dybvig K, Yogev D. Identification and characterization of a site-specific tyrosine recombinase within the variable loci of Mycoplasma bovis, Mycoplasma pulmonis and Mycoplasma agalactiae. Gene. 292: 205-11. PMID 12119115 DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00679-0  0.376
2002 Metzgar D, Liu L, Hansen C, Dybvig K, Wills C. Domain-level differences in microsatellite distribution and content result from different relative rates of insertion and deletion mutations. Genome Research. 12: 408-13. PMID 11875028 DOI: 10.1101/Gr.198602  0.321
2002 Liu L, Panangala VS, Dybvig K. Trinucleotide GAA repeats dictate pMGA gene expression in Mycoplasma gallisepticum by affecting spacing between flanking regions. Journal of Bacteriology. 184: 1335-9. PMID 11844762 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.184.5.1335-1339.2002  0.337
2002 Teachman AM, French CT, Yu H, Simmons WL, Dybvig K. Gene transfer in Mycoplasma pulmonis. Journal of Bacteriology. 184: 947-51. PMID 11807054 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.184.4.947-951.2002  0.366
2001 Gumulak-Smith J, Teachman A, Tu AH, Simecka JW, Lindsey JR, Dybvig K. Variations in the surface proteins and restriction enzyme systems of Mycoplasma pulmonis in the respiratory tract of infected rats. Molecular Microbiology. 40: 1037-44. PMID 11401710 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2001.02464.X  0.402
2001 Chambaud I, Heilig R, Ferris S, Barbe V, Samson D, Galisson F, Moszer I, Dybvig K, Wróblewski H, Viari A, Rocha EPC, Blanchard A. The complete genome sequence of the murine respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma pulmonis. Nucleic Acids Research. 29: 2145-2153. PMID 11353084 DOI: 10.1093/Nar/29.10.2145  0.403
2001 Tu AT, Voelker LL, Shen X, Dybvig K. Complete nucleotide sequence of the mycoplasma virus P1 genome. Plasmid. 45: 122-126. PMID 11322826 DOI: 10.1006/Plas.2000.1501  0.375
2000 Ruffin DC, Van Santen VL, Zhang Y, Voelker LRL, Panangala VS, Dybvig K. Transposon mutagenesis of Mycoplasma gallisepticum by conjugation with Enterococcus faecalis and determination of insertion site by direct genomic sequencing Plasmid. 44: 191-195. PMID 10964629 DOI: 10.1006/Plas.2000.1485  0.351
2000 Dybvig K, French CT, Voelker LL. Construction and use of derivatives of transposon Tn4001 that function in Mycoplasma pulmonis and Mycoplasma arthritidis. Journal of Bacteriology. 182: 4343-7. PMID 10894746 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.182.15.4343-4347.2000  0.354
2000 Shen X, Gumulak J, Yu H, French CT, Zou N, Dybvig K. Gene rearrangements in the vsa locus of Mycoplasma pulmonis. Journal of Bacteriology. 182: 2900-8. PMID 10781561 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.182.10.2900-2908.2000  0.443
2000 Liu L, Dybvig K, Panangala VS, Van Santen VL, French CT. GAA trinucleotide repeat region regulates M9/pMGA gene expression in Mycoplasma gallisepticum Infection and Immunity. 68: 871-876. PMID 10639457 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.68.2.871-876.2000  0.368
1999 Voelker LL, Dybvig K. Sequence analysis of the Mycoplasma arthritidis bacteriophage MAV1 genome identifies the putative virulence factor. Gene. 233: 101-107. PMID 10375626 DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00150-X  0.401
1998 Dybvig K, Sitaraman R, French CT. A family of phase-variable restriction enzymes with differing specificities generated by high-frequency gene rearrangements. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95: 13923-8. PMID 9811902 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.95.23.13923  0.359
1998 Voelker LL, Dybvig K. Characterization Of The Lysogenic Bacteriophage Mav1 From Mycoplasma Arthritidis Journal of Bacteriology. 180: 5928-5931. PMID 9811651 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.180.22.5928-5931.1998  0.326
1998 Liu L, Michael Payne D, Van Santen VL, Dybvig K, Panangala VS. A protein (M9) associated with monoclonal antibody-mediated agglutination of Mycoplasma gallisepticum is a member of the pMGA family Infection and Immunity. 66: 5570-5575. PMID 9784576 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.66.11.5570-5575.1998  0.394
1997 Sitaraman R, Dybvig K. The hsd loci of Mycoplasma pulmonis: organization, rearrangements and expression of genes Molecular Microbiology. 26: 109-120. PMID 9383194 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.1997.5571938.X  0.35
1997 Schoeb TR, Dybvig K, Keisling KF, Davidson MK, Davis JK. Detection of Mycoplasma pulmonis in cilia-associated respiratory bacillus isolates and in respiratory tracts of rats by nested PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 35: 1667-1670. PMID 9196170 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.35.7.1667-1670.1997  0.353
1996 Dybvig K, Voelker LL. Molecular biology of mycoplasmas. Annual Review of Microbiology. 50: 25-57. PMID 8905075 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Micro.50.1.25  0.345
1996 Voelker LL, Dybvig K. Gene transfer in Mycoplasma arthritidis: transformation, conjugal transfer of Tn916, and evidence for a restriction system recognizing AGCT. Journal of Bacteriology. 178: 6078-6081. PMID 8830712 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.178.20.6078-6081.1996  0.359
1995 Bhugra B, Voelker LL, Zou N, Yu H, Dybvig K. Mechanism of antigenic variation in Mycoplasma pulmonis: interwoven, site-specific DNA inversions. Molecular Microbiology. 18: 703-714. PMID 8817492 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1995.Mmi_18040703.X  0.342
1994 King KW, Dybvig K. Mycoplasmal cloning vectors derived from plasmid pKMK1. Plasmid. 31: 49-59. PMID 8171125 DOI: 10.1006/Plas.1994.1006  0.377
1994 King KW, Woodard A, Dybvig K. Cloning and characterization of the recA genes from Mycoplasma pulmonis and M. mycoides subsp. mycoides. Gene. 139: 111-5. PMID 8112579 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90532-0  0.39
1994 King KW, Dybvig K. Transformation of Mycoplasma capricolum and examination of DNA restriction modification in M. capricolum and Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides. Plasmid. 31: 308-11. PMID 8058824 DOI: 10.1006/Plas.1994.1033  0.324
1994 Dybvig K, Yu H. Regulation of a restriction and modification system via DNA inversion in Mycoplasma pulmonis Molecular Microbiology. 12: 547-560. PMID 7934878 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1994.Tb01041.X  0.372
1994 Barnes MH, Tarantino PM, Spacciapoli P, Brown NC, Yu H, Dybvig K. DNA polymerase III of Mycoplasma pulmonis: isolation and characterization of the enzyme and its structural gene, polC. Molecular Microbiology. 13: 843-54. PMID 7815943 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1994.Tb00476.X  0.364
1993 Panangala VS, Stringfellow JS, Dybvig K, Woodard A, Sun F, Rose DL, Gresham MM. Mycoplasma corogypsi sp. nov., a new species from the footpad abscess of a black vulture, Coragyps atratus International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43: 585-590. PMID 8347515 DOI: 10.1099/00207713-43-3-585  0.363
1993 Bhugra B, Dybvig K. Identification and characterization of IS1138, a transposable element from Mycoplasma pulmonis that belongs to the IS3 family Molecular Microbiology. 7: 577-584. PMID 8096321 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1993.Tb01148.X  0.325
1993 Blanchard A, Yáñez A, Dybvig K, Watson HL, Griffiths G, Cassell GH. Evaluation of intraspecies genetic variation within the 16S rRNA gene of Mycoplasma hominis and detection by polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 31: 1358-61. PMID 7684753 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.31.5.1358-1361.1993  0.373
1993 Schoeb TR, Dybvig K, Davidson MK, Davis JK. Cultivation of cilia-associated respiratory bacillus in artificial medium and determination of the 16S rRNA gene sequence. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 31: 2751-2757. PMID 7504686 DOI: 10.1128/Jcm.31.10.2751-2757.1993  0.393
1992 Dybvig K, Woodard A. Cloning and DNA sequence of a mycoplasmal recA gene. Journal of Bacteriology. 174: 778-784. PMID 1732213 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.174.3.778-784.1992  0.412
1992 Dybvig K, Hollingshead SK, Heath DG, Clewell DB, Sun F, Woodard A. Degenerate oligonucleotide primers for enzymatic amplification of recA sequences from gram-positive bacteria and mycoplasmas Journal of Bacteriology. 174: 2729-2732. PMID 1556091 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.174.8.2729-2732.1992  0.405
1992 Blanchard A, Crabb DM, Dybvig K, Duffy LB, Cassell GH. Rapid detection of tetM in Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum by PCR: tetM confers resistance to tetracycline but not necessarily to doxycycline. Fems Microbiology Letters. 95: 277-281. PMID 1526460 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(92)90442-Q  0.351
1992 King KW, Dybvig K. Nucleotide sequence of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies Mycoides plasmid pKMK1. Plasmid. 28: 86-91. PMID 1518915 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619X(92)90039-D  0.358
1992 Dybvig K, Woodard A. Construction of recA mutants of Acholeplasma laidlawii by insertional inactivation with a homologous DNA fragment. Plasmid. 28: 262-266. PMID 1461941 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619X(92)90058-I  0.413
1992 Bhugra B, Dybvig K. High-frequency rearrangements in the chromosome of Mycoplasma pulmonis correlate with phenotypic switching Molecular Microbiology. 6: 1149-1154. PMID 1350316 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1992.Tb01553.X  0.361
1991 King KW, Dybvig K. Plasmid transformation of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides is promoted by high concentrations of polyethylene glycol. Plasmid. 26: 108-15. PMID 1661012 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619X(91)90050-7  0.309
1990 Dybvig K, Khaled M. Isolation of a second cryptic plasmid fromMycoplasma mycoides subsp.mycoides Plasmid. 24: 153-155. PMID 2096401 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619X(90)90018-8  0.349
1989 Dybvig K. Transformation of Acholeplasma laidlawii with streptococcal plasmids pVA868 and pVA920. Plasmid. 21: 155-160. PMID 2740454 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619X(89)90061-9  0.336
1988 Dybvig K, Alderete J, Watson HL, Cassell GH. Adsorption of mycoplasma virus P1 to host cells. Journal of Bacteriology. 170: 4373-5. PMID 3410831 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.170.9.4373-4375.1988  0.342
1988 Dybvig K, Alderete J. Transformation of Mycoplasma pulmonis and Mycoplasma hyorhinis: transposition of Tn916 and formation of cointegrate structures. Plasmid. 20: 33-41. PMID 2853878 DOI: 10.1016/0147-619X(88)90005-4  0.367
1987 Watson HL, Davidson MK, Cox NR, Davis JK, Dybvig K, Cassell GH. Protein variability among strains of Mycoplasma pulmonis. Infection and Immunity. 55: 2838-40. PMID 3312017 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.55.11.2838-2840.1987  0.412
1987 Dybvig K, Cassell GH. Transposition of gram-positive transposon Tn916 in Acholeplasma laidlawii and Mycoplasma pulmonis Science. 235: 1392-1394. PMID 3029869 DOI: 10.1126/Science.3029869  0.314
1983 Dybvig K, Maniloff J. Integration and lysogeny by an enveloped mycoplasma virus. Journal of General Virology. 64: 1781-1785. PMID 6308135 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-64-8-1781  0.329
1983 Dybvig K, Clark CD, Aliperti G, Schlesinger MJ. A chicken repetitive DNA sequence that is highly sensitive to single-strand specific endonucleases. Nucleic Acids Research. 11: 8495-508. PMID 6231528 DOI: 10.1093/Nar/11.23.8495  0.322
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