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Fernández-Salas A, Alonso-Díaz MA, Alonso-Morales RA, Lezama-Gutiérrez R, Rodríguez-Rodríguez JC, Cervantes-Chávez JA. Acaricidal activity of Metarhizium anisopliae isolated from paddocks in the Mexican tropics against two populations of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus. Med Vet Entomol 2017; 31:36-43. [PMID: 27759176 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The acaricidal effects of 55 strains of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin, 1883 (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) isolated from paddocks of cattle farms were evaluated in two Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini 1887) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) populations, of which one was multi-resistant and one was susceptible to chemical acaricides. Percentage mortality and reproductive efficiency indices in R. microplus were evaluated by adult immersion tests at a dose of 1 × 108 conidia/mL for each fungal strain. Some strains were selected to calculate lethal concentrations to kill 50% (LC50 ) and 99% (LC99 ) of engorged ticks. Strains MaV22, MaV26 and MaV55 induced 100% mortality in R. microplus on day 14. Strains MaV05, MaV09 and MaV22 caused mortality of >90% from day 12 onward in both tick populations. The most effective acaricidal fungal strain, MaV55, inhibited egg laying by 54.86 and 55.86% in acaricide-resistant and -susceptible R. microplus populations, respectively. None of the fungal strains had statistically significant effects on larval hatching. In conclusion, nine strains of M. anisopliae demonstrated high acaricidal effects against R. microplus and reduced its egg laying. No differences in acaricidal effects were observed between the two populations of ticks tested.
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- A Fernández-Salas
- Centro de Enseñanza, Investigación y Extensión en Ganadería Tropical, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, México
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- Centro de Enseñanza, Investigación y Extensión en Ganadería Tropical, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, México
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- Departamento de Genética y Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, UNAM, México City, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Colima, México
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- Colección de Hongos Entomopatógenos del Centro Nacional de Referencia de Control Biológico, Tecomán, Colima, México
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- Unidad de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, México
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Cruz-Vazquez C, Carvajal Márquez J, Lezama-Gutiérrez R, Vitela-Mendoza I, Ramos-Parra M. Efficacy of the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae in the control of infestation by stable flies Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), under natural infestation conditions. Vet Parasitol 2015. [PMID: 26209932 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an isolate of Metarhizium anisopliae applied by aspersion to control of Stomoxys calcitrans flies in dairy cattle naturally infested. Was applied by aspersion an aqueous formulation of M. anisopliae sensu lato (Ma134), at a concentration of 1×10(8)conidia/ml, four times with seven day intervals, on a group of eight Holstein cows; a control group of eight Holstein cows, received a water solution with Tween 80 (0.1%). The average number of flies per animal was estimated one day before each application, and then daily counts were done in both groups. The effectiveness of the formulation was calculated using the Abbott's formula. At the same time, defensive behaviors of stamp/kicks and tail movements were evaluated daily, estimating relative frequency per hour. The Ma134 formulation had an infestation control efficacy of 73%, taking into consideration the four study weeks. The population reduction effect was observed since the first week post-application (p<0.05), and the effect increased with the subsequent applications. Defensive behaviors were reduced beginning from the first application, reaching a reduction of 66% and 70%, respectively, during the four weeks of study. These results demonstrated the effectiveness of the formulation to control infestation by S. calcitrans, as well as reduce defensive behaviors which involves the infestation.
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- C Cruz-Vazquez
- Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes - San Luis Potosí, El Llano 20330, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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- Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes - San Luis Potosí, El Llano 20330, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Colima, Mexico
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- Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes - San Luis Potosí, El Llano 20330, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Km. 18 Carretera Aguascalientes - San Luis Potosí, El Llano 20330, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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Galindo-Velasco E, Lezama-Gutiérrez R, Cruz-Vázquez C, Pescador-Rubio A, Angel-Sahagún CA, Ojeda-Chi MM, Rodríguez-Vivas RI, Contreras-Lara D. Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi (Ascomycetes: Hypocreales) against adult Haematobia irritans (Diptera: Muscidae) under stable conditions in the Mexican dry tropics. Vet Parasitol 2015; 209:173-8. [PMID: 25771932 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of five strains of Metarhizium anisopliae (Ma) and three strains of Isaria fumosorosea (Ifr) at a concentration of 1×10(8)colony-forming units/ml applied by spraying onto bovines with controlled infestation of Haematobia irritans under stable conditions in the Mexican dry tropics. Four experiments were performed, in each of which three treatments (two fungal strains and one control) were evaluated with eight repetitions for each one, by carrying out a single application of the aqueous suspension of each strain. The animals were isolated in individual cages and direct counts of the infestation were carried out for 13 days. It was observed that strains Ma2, Ma6, Ma10, Ma14, and Ma34 caused 94-100% reduction in infestation between days 12 and 13 post-treatment, while strains Ifr19, Ifr11, and Ifr12 reduced infestation from 90% to 98% up to day 13 post-application. There was an effect in the generation of horn flies from the excrement of bovines that were treated with different strains, reducing the reproduction of subsequent generations. It was concluded that the strains of M. anisopliae and I. fumosorosea evaluated in this study can be used as biocontrol agents in infestations of H. irritans in stabled bovines.
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- E Galindo-Velasco
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, University of Colima, Km 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima C.P. 28100, Mexico.
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- Faculty of Biological and Agro-livestock Sciences, University of Colima, Tecomán, Colima, Mexico
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- El Llano Technological Institute Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- University Center of Agro-livestock Research and Development, University of Colima, Tecomán, Colima, Mexico
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- Department of Agronomy, Life Sciences Division, Irapuato-Salamanca Campus, University of Guanajuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Parasitology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, Autonomous University of Yucatán, Mexico
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- Parasitology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, Autonomous University of Yucatán, Mexico
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, University of Colima, Km 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima C.P. 28100, Mexico
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Angel-Sahagún CA, Lezama-Gutiérrez R, Molina-Ochoa J, Pescador-Rubio A, Skoda SR, Cruz-Vázquez C, Lorenzoni AG, Galindo-Velasco E, Fragoso-Sánchez H, Foster JE. Virulence of Mexican isolates of entomopathogenic fungi (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) upon Rhipicephalus=Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae and the efficacy of conidia formulations to reduce larval tick density under field conditions. Vet Parasitol 2010; 170:278-86. [PMID: 20359827 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2009] [Revised: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The first objective was laboratory evaluation of the virulence of 53 Mexican isolates of fungi against larvae of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Thirty-three isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae (Metschnickoff) Sorokin (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) and 20 isolates of Isaria (Paecilomyces) fumosorosea (fumosoroseus) (Wize) (Eurotiales: Trichomaceae) were tested on 7-day-old larvae under laboratory conditions. Larvae were immersed in a suspension containing 10(8)conidia/mL and the CL(50) values were estimated. Then, field tests were conducted to determine the efficacy of formulations of the isolate with the highest virulence. M. anisopliae (Ma 14 isolate) was formulated with four carriers: Tween, Celite, wheat bran, and Citroline (mineral oil) and applied on pasture beds of Cynodon plectostachyus (L.), at a dose of 2 x 10(9)CFU/m(2). In the first trial, M. anisopliae was applied on plots naturally infested with larvae; in the second trial, tick populations in the experimental plots were eliminated and then re-infested with 20,000 7-day-old larvae. In the laboratory, all M. anisopliae isolates infected larvae with a mortality range between 2 and 100%; also, 13 of 20 I. fumosorosea isolates caused mortality rates between 7 and 94%. In the first field trial, 14 days post-application, conidial formulations in Celite and wheat bran caused 67.8 and 94.2% population reduction, respectively. In the second trial, the Tween formulation caused the highest larval reduction, reaching up to 61% (28 days post-application). Wheat bran formulation caused 58.3% larval reduction (21 days post-application) and was one of the most effective. The carriers and emulsifiers have a large impact on the effectiveness of conidial formulations.
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- C A Angel-Sahagún
- Departamento de Agronomía, División de Ciencias de la Vida, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Irapuato-Silao, Apartado Postal 311, Irapuato, Guanajuato, CP 36500, Mexico.
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Angel-Sahagún CA, Lezama-Gutiérrez R, Molina-Ochoa J, Galindo-Velasco E, López-Edwards M, Rebolledo-Domínguez O, Cruz-Vázquez C, Reyes-Velázquez WP, Skoda SR, Foster JE. Susceptibility of biological stages of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans, to entomopathogenic fungi (Hyphomycetes). J Insect Sci 2005; 5:50. [PMID: 17119632 PMCID: PMC1615257 DOI: 10.1093/jis/5.1.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 10/08/2005] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The susceptibility of the egg, pupa, and adult of Haematobia irritans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) to isolates of the fungi Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sor., Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill., and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wize) Brown and Smith, was evaluated under laboratory conditions. Groups of 20 eggs than 4 h old, pupae less than 48h old and adults were sprayed with a conidial suspension of each isolate. Eggs, pupae and adults of horn fly were susceptible to these entomopathogenic fungi. For treated eggs, the isolates Ma3, Ma 15, Ma25, Pfr1, and Pfr8 reduced adult emergence to 3.8% to 6.3% in comparison with the control (72%). The mortality of pupae infected by the isolates Ma2, Ma25, and Pfr10 ranged between 50% and 71.3%. Mortality of adults after treatment with the isolates Ma6, Ma 10, Ma 14, Ma 15, Pfr 1, Pfr 9, Pfr 10, Pfr 11, and Pfr12 were higher than 90%. The isolate Ma6 produced the lowest LC(50) against adult horn flies (8.08 × 10(2)conidia/ml). These findings supported the hypotheses that isolates of M. anisopliae, and P. fumosoroseus are pathogenic against the different biological stages of horn flies by reducing adult emergence when applied on groups of eggs and pupae, and producing mortality when applied to adults.
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- C. A. Angel-Sahagún
- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad de Colima, Km 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima, CP. 28100
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Km 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima, CP. 28100
- Correspondence: , ,
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Km 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima, CP. 28100
- Correspondence: , ,
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad de Colima, Km 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima, CP. 28100
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Km 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima, CP. 28100
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Km 40 Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, Tecomán, Colima, CP. 28100
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- Instituto Tecnológico Agropecuario de Aguascalientes. A.P. 74-2, Admón. Postal No. 2, C.P. 20041, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias. Universidad de Guadalajara. Km. 15.5 Carretera Guadalajara-Nogales “Las agujas” Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
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- American Embassy, Unit 0945, APO, AA 34002 (located in Panama City, Panama)
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- University of Nebraska Lincoln, Insect Genetics Laboratory, Department of Entomology, 312 F Plant Industry Building, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0938
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García-Rodríguez A, Ramírez-Carrillo JT, Rocha-Chávez G, Lezama-Gutiérrez R, Gutiérrez-Vázquez E. Nutritional Quality of Sun-dried Swine Excreta for Beef Cattle. Journal of Applied Animal Research 2002. [DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2002.9706385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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González-Ramírez M, Lezama-Gutiérrez R, Molina-Ochoa J, Rebolledo-Domínguez O, López-Edwards M, Pescador-Rubio A. Susceptibility of Mocis latipes (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae). J Econ Entomol 2000; 93:1105-1108. [PMID: 10985019 DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-93.4.1105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The susceptibility of larvae, prepupae, and pupae of the grass looper Mocis latipes (Guenée) to the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Poinar) NC strain was evaluated under laboratory conditions. Concentrations of 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, and 120 nematodes per larva, applied in 1 ml of sterile-distilled water, were bioassayed, applying them to groups of 20 individuals of each instar, prepupa or pupa. Mortality was recorded daily for 5 d. All instars and the prepupal stage were the most susceptible to H. bacteriophora. Mortality ranged from 22.5 to 100%. Prepupae had 97.5-100% mortality starting at 10 nematodes per prepupa. Pupal mortality ranged from 27.5 to 41.3% as nematode concentration was increased. H. bacteriophora presented LC50 values that ranged between 5.26 and 37.66 nematodes per larva and LT50 values that ranged between 1.5 and 4.3 d. Results of this study suggest that H. bacteriophora has potential as a biocontrol agent against M. latipes.
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- M González-Ramírez
- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Mexico
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Lezama-Gutiérrez R, Trujillo-de la Luz A, Molina-Ochoa J, Rebolledo-Dominguez O, Pescador AR, López-Edwards M, Aluja M. Virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) on Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae): laboratory and field trials. J Econ Entomol 2000; 93:1080-1084. [PMID: 10985015 DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-93.4.1080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Twenty isolates of the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch). Sorkin (Ma) were evaluated to determine their virulence against last instar and adult emergence of Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew). Larvae were exposed by immersion in a conidial suspension at a concentration of 10(8) UFC/ml under laboratory conditions. Larvae and pupae cumulative mortality rates ranged from 37.9 to 98.75%. Thirteen isolates caused mortality rates > 83.7%, and their LT50 values ranged from 1.8 to 6.2 d. The Ma2, Ma8, and Ma16 isolates were evaluated at seven different concentrations ranging from 10(1) to 10(7) UFC/ml, showing LC50 values from 3.7 to 4.8 x 10(5) UFC/ml. In a field-cage experiment, 200 ml of a conidial suspension of Ma2, at a concentration of 2.5 x 10(6) UFC/ml, was applied on 2,500 cm2 soil surface (2 x 10(5) UFC/cm2). The fungus reduced adult emergence, 22% fewer adults emerging in a sandy loam soil, and 43% fewer in loam soil, compared with the controls. M. anisopliae may offer a preferable alternative to chemicals as a biological control agent against A. ludens.
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- R Lezama-Gutiérrez
- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias de la Universidad de Colima, Tecomán, Mexico.
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