PULID | Characterization Method(s) | Substrate | Organism | Publication | Publish Date | Type | Num Genes | Num CAZymes | CazyFamily |
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PUL0003 | RT-PCR | xylan | Bacillus subtilis | 26559526 Metabolic potential of Bacillus subtilis 168 for the direct conversion of xylans to fermentation products. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2016 Feb;100(3):1501-1510. doi: 10.1007/s00253-015-7124-x. Epub 2015 Nov 12. |
2016 Feb | degradation | 2 | 2 | GH30, GH30_8, GH43_16, CBM6 |
PUL0010 | enzyme activity assay, liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry | xylan | Geobacillus thermodenitrificans | 28616644 Synergistic hydrolysis of xylan using novel xylanases, beta-xylosidases, and an alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans NG80-2. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2017 Aug;101(15):6023-6037. doi: 10.1007/s00253-017-8341-2. Epub 2017 Jun 14. |
2017 Aug | degradation | 42 | 9 | GH43, GH43_11, GH10, GH39, GH67, GH10, CBM22, GH52, CE4, GH51 |
PUL0078 | enzyme activity assay | xylan, xylose | Caldicellulosiruptor sp. Rt8B.4 | 8920183 Cloning, sequencing and overexpression in Escherichia coli of a xylanase gene, xynA from the thermophilic bacterium Rt8B.4 genus Caldicellulosiruptor. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 1996 Mar;45(1-2):86-93. doi: 10.1007/s002530050653. |
1996 Mar | degradation | 6 | 1 | CBM22, GH10 |
PUL0227 | enzyme activity assay, substrate binding assay | xylan | Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus | 22918832 Biochemical and structural insights into xylan utilization by the thermophilic bacterium Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus. J Biol Chem. 2012 Oct 12;287(42):34946-34960. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.391532. Epub 2012 Aug 22. |
2012 Oct 12 | degradation | 12 | 1 | GH67, GH3 |
PUL0262 | RNA-Seq | xylan, arabinoxylan | Bacteroides cellulosilyticus | 23976882 Effects of diet on resource utilization by a model human gut microbiota containing Bacteroides cellulosilyticus WH2, a symbiont with an extensive glycobiome. PLoS Biol. 2013;11(8):e1001637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001637. Epub 2013 Aug 20. |
2013 | degradation | 12 | 6 | GH10, CBM4, GH10, GH5_21, GH5, CE1, CE0, CE6, GH95, GH8 |
PUL0263 | RNA-Seq | xylan, arabinoxylan | Bacteroides cellulosilyticus | 23976882, 30674645 Effects of diet on resource utilization by a model human gut microbiota containing Bacteroides cellulosilyticus WH2, a symbiont with an extensive glycobiome. Wood-Derived Dietary Fibers Promote Beneficial Human Gut Microbiota. PLoS Biol. 2013;11(8):e1001637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001637. Epub 2013 Aug 20. mSphere. 2019 Jan 23;4(1):e00554-18. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00554-18. |
2013,2019 Jan 23 | degradation | 5 | 1 | GH10, CBM4, CBM22 |
PUL0289 | enzyme activity assay | xylan | Flavobacterium johnsoniae | 29588659 A novel acetyl xylan esterase enabling complete deacetylation of substituted xylans. Biotechnol Biofuels. 2018 Mar 22;11:74. doi: 10.1186/s13068-018-1074-3. eCollection 2018. |
2018 | degradation | 12 | 7 | GH97, GH3, CBM22, GH43_10, GH43, GH146, GH115, CE0, CE6, CE1, GH43_12 |
PUL0328 | microarray, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry | xylan | Gramella flava | 28261179 Characterization of Potential Polysaccharide Utilization Systems in the Marine Bacteroidetes Gramella Flava JLT2011 Using a Multi-Omics Approach. Front Microbiol. 2017 Feb 14;8:220. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00220. eCollection 2017. |
2017 | degradation | 10 | 4 | GH127, CBM13, GH43, GH43_26, GH2, GH5, GH5_13 |
PUL0329 | microarray, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry | xylan | Gramella flava | 28261179 Characterization of Potential Polysaccharide Utilization Systems in the Marine Bacteroidetes Gramella Flava JLT2011 Using a Multi-Omics Approach. Front Microbiol. 2017 Feb 14;8:220. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00220. eCollection 2017. |
2017 | degradation | 25 | 7 | GH43_10, GH43, CBM22, GH43, GH43_12, GH43, GH43_1, GH3, GH67, GH10, GH115, CE15 |
PUL0332 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | carboxymethylcellulose, xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 19 | 9 | GH5, GH5_2, GH5_7, GH5, CE7, GH2, GH94, GH97, GH127, GH127 |
PUL0333 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | carboxymethylcellulose, xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 22 | 3 | GH9, GH31, GH9 |
PUL0334 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | carboxymethylcellulose, xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 23 | 5 | GH9, GH31, GH9, GH9, CE4 |
PUL0335 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 31 | 4 | GH13, GH97, GH3, GH158, GH16 |
PUL0336 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 25 | 3 | GH3, GH158, GH16 |
PUL0337 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 29 | 3 | GH16, GH158, GH3 |
PUL0338 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 34 | 4 | GH16, GH158, GH3, GH97 |
PUL0339 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 24 | 4 | GH97, GH3, GH16, GH20 |
PUL0340 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | carboxymethylcellulose, xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 37 | 1 | GH5_2, GH5 |
PUL0341 | fosmid library screen, enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | carboxymethylcellulose, xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 43 | 3 | GH32, GH91, GH5, GH5_2 |
PUL0342 | enzyme activity assay, gene deletion mutant and growth assay | xylan | Prevotella ruminicola | 19304844 Biochemical analysis of a beta-D-xylosidase and a bifunctional xylanase-ferulic acid esterase from a xylanolytic gene cluster in Prevotella ruminicola 23. J Bacteriol. 2009 May;191(10):3328-38. doi: 10.1128/JB.01628-08. Epub 2009 Mar 20. |
2009 May | degradation | 5 | 3 | GH10, CE1, CBM22, GH95, GH3 |
PUL0343 | gene deletion mutant and growth assay, enzyme activity assay, Western Blot, isothermal titration calorimetry | carboxymethylcellulose, xylan, beta-glucan, lichenan | uncultured bacterium | 28091525 A fibrolytic potential in the human ileum mucosal microbiota revealed by functional metagenomic. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 16;7:40248. doi: 10.1038/srep40248. |
2017 Jan 16 | degradation | 39 | 1 | GH5, GH5_2 |
PUL0345 | qRT-PCR, enzyme activity assay | xylan | Bacteroides intestinalis | 27681607 Bacteroides intestinalis DSM 17393, a member of the human colonic microbiome, upregulates multiple endoxylanases during growth on xylan. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 29;6:34360. doi: 10.1038/srep34360. |
2016 Sep 29 | degradation | 31 | 13 | CBM4, GH10, GH35, GH43_12, GH43, GH10, GH43_1, GH43, GH67, GH8, CE6, GH95, CE0, CE1, GH5, GH5_21, GH10, CBM0, GH115 |
PUL0352 | microarray | arabinan, xylan, levan, pectin, rhamnogalacturonan | Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron | 16968696 Functional genomic and metabolic studies of the adaptations of a prominent adult human gut symbiont, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, to the suckling period. J Biol Chem. 2006 Nov 24;281(47):36269-79. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M606509200. Epub 2006 Sep 12. |
2006 Nov 24 | degradation | 6 | 1 | GH20 |
PUL0353 | microarray, enzyme activity assay, strcutural analysis, clone and expression | arabinan, xylan, levan, pectin, rhamnogalacturonan | Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron | 16968696, 32060313 Functional genomic and metabolic studies of the adaptations of a prominent adult human gut symbiont, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, to the suckling period. Structural basis of mammalian high-mannose N-glycan processing by human gut Bacteroides. J Biol Chem. 2006 Nov 24;281(47):36269-79. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M606509200. Epub 2006 Sep 12. Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 14;11(1):899. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14754-7. |
2006 Nov 24,2020 Feb 14 | degradation | 11 | 3 | GH0, GH92, GH92 |
PUL0357 | microarray | arabinan, xylan, levan, pectin, rhamnogalacturonan | Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron | 16968696 Functional genomic and metabolic studies of the adaptations of a prominent adult human gut symbiont, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, to the suckling period. J Biol Chem. 2006 Nov 24;281(47):36269-79. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M606509200. Epub 2006 Sep 12. |
2006 Nov 24 | degradation | 3 | 1 | CBM32 |
PUL0364 | enzyme activity assay | xylan | Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris | 17311090 Plant carbohydrate scavenging through tonB-dependent receptors: a feature shared by phytopathogenic and aquatic bacteria. PLoS One. 2007 Feb 21;2(2):e224. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000224. |
2007 Feb 21 | degradation | 8 | 4 | CBM22, GH10, GH2, GH10, GH43_1 |
PUL0391 | microarray | cellulose, xylan, xyloglucan, pectin, mannan | Caldicellulosiruptor bescii | 21227922 Insights into plant biomass conversion from the genome of the anaerobic thermophilic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii DSM 6725. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Apr;39(8):3240-54. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq1281. Epub 2011 Jan 11. |
2011 Apr | degradation | 15 | 10 | PL11, CBM35, GH12, CBM3, CBM2, CE12, PL3_1, PL3, CBM66, PL9_1, CBM35, CBM66, PL9, CBM22, GH12, CBM0, CBM3, CBM2, CBM1, GH48, GH10, CBM9, GH44, CBM35, GH12, CBM44, CBM3, CBM2, CBM76, CBM10, GH5, GH5_8, CBM35, GH12, CBM5, CBM3, CBM2, GH74, CBM1, GH48, GT39, CBM3, GH9, GH5_8, CBM3, GH5_1, GH5_8, CBM3, GH48, GH9 |
PUL0392 | RT-PCR, qPCR | xylan | Bacteroides xylanisolvens | 27142817 Xylan degradation by the human gut Bacteroides xylanisolvens XB1A(T) involves two distinct gene clusters that are linked at the transcriptional level. BMC Genomics. 2016 May 4;17:326. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2680-8. |
2016 May 4 | degradation | 8 | 3 | GH67, GH13_14 |
PUL0402 | Northern Blot, enzyme activity assay | xylan, xylose | Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis IO-1 | 11282589 Genetic evidence for a defective xylan degradation pathway in Lactococcus lactis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2001 Apr;67(4):1445-52. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1445-1452.2001. |
2001 Apr | degradation | 6 | 1 | GH43_11, GH43 |
PUL0411 | enzyme activity assay | xylan | Prevotella bryantii | 7487028 A xylan hydrolase gene cluster in Prevotella ruminicola B(1)4: sequence relationships, synergistic interactions, and oxygen sensitivity of a novel enzyme with exoxylanase and beta-(1,4)-xylosidase activities. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1995 Aug;61(8):2958-64. doi: 10.1128/aem.61.8.2958-2964.1995. |
1995 Aug | degradation | 2 | 2 | GH10, GH43_1 |
PUL0414 | enzyme activity assay, thin layer chromatography | xylan | uncultured bacterium 35A20 | 30116044 Functional metagenomics reveals abundant polysaccharide-degrading gene clusters and cellobiose utilization pathways within gut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite. ISME J. 2019 Jan;13(1):104-117. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0255-1. Epub 2018 Aug 16. |
2019 Jan | degradation | 28 | 7 | GH10, GH10 |
PUL0415 | microarray | xylan, glucomannan, plant polysaccharide | Bacteroides ovatus | 22205877 Recognition and degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides by two human gut symbionts. PLoS Biol. 2011 Dec;9(12):e1001221. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001221. Epub 2011 Dec 20. |
2011 Dec | degradation | 4 | 2 | GH20, GH20 |
PUL0456 | microarray, RNA-Seq | xylan | Prevotella bryantii | 20622018 Transcriptomic analyses of xylan degradation by Prevotella bryantii and insights into energy acquisition by xylanolytic bacteroidetes. J Biol Chem. 2010 Sep 24;285(39):30261-73. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.141788. Epub 2010 Jul 9. |
2010 Sep 24 | degradation | 13 | 6 | CE6, GH43_10, GH43, GH43_1, GH43, GH10, GH67 |
PUL0474 | growth assay | beta-glucan, xylan | Flavobacterium johnsoniae | 19717629 Novel features of the polysaccharide-digesting gliding bacterium Flavobacterium johnsoniae as revealed by genome sequence analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Nov;75(21):6864-75. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01495-09. Epub 2009 Aug 28. |
2009 Nov | degradation | 9 | 5 | GH30_1, GH30, GH30_1, GH30, GH3, GH30_3, GH3 |
PUL0533 | RNA-Seq | xylan, arabinoxylan | Bacteroides cellulosilyticus | 23976882 Effects of diet on resource utilization by a model human gut microbiota containing Bacteroides cellulosilyticus WH2, a symbiont with an extensive glycobiome. PLoS Biol. 2013;11(8):e1001637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001637. Epub 2013 Aug 20. |
2013 | degradation | 9 | 3 | GH115, GH10, GH30_8 |
PUL0542 | substrate binding assay | xylan | Geobacillus stearothermophilus | 10368143 The glucuronic acid utilization gene cluster from Bacillus stearothermophilus T-6. J Bacteriol. 1999 Jun;181(12):3695-704. doi: 10.1128/JB.181.12.3695-3704.1999. |
1999 Jun | degradation | 30 | 6 | CE4, GH52, GH10, GH67, GH39, GH43_11 |
PUL0553 | RT-PCR, qPCR | xylan | Bacteroides xylanisolvens | 27142817 Xylan degradation by the human gut Bacteroides xylanisolvens XB1A(T) involves two distinct gene clusters that are linked at the transcriptional level. BMC Genomics. 2016 May 4;17:326. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2680-8. |
2016 May 4 | degradation | 21 | 13 | GH43_10, GH43, CBM6, GH3, GH43, GH43_12, GH31, GH97, CBM66, CBM6, GH43, GH43_29, GH43, GH43_12, CBM4, CBM0, GH10, GH5_21, CE1, CE6, CBM6, GH43_29, GH95, GH115 |
PUL0599 | liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry, differential gene expression | xylan | Clostridium cellulovorans | 26020016 Elucidation of the recognition mechanisms for hemicellulose and pectin in Clostridium cellulovorans using intracellular quantitative proteome analysis. AMB Express. 2015 May 23;5:29. doi: 10.1186/s13568-015-0115-6. eCollection 2015. |
2015 | degradation | 7 | 1 | GH43, GH43_11 |
PUL0602 | sequence homology analysis | xylan | Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius | 26442136 Complete genome sequence of Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius C56-YS93, a novel biomass degrader isolated from obsidian hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. Stand Genomic Sci. 2015 Oct 5;10:73. doi: 10.1186/s40793-015-0031-z. eCollection 2015. |
2015 | degradation | 26 | 6 | CBM22, GH10, GH39, GH67, GH10, GH52, CE4 |
PUL0610 | enzyme activity assay, strcutural analysis | xylan | Rhodothermus marinus | 31992772 Characterization and diversity of the complete set of GH family 3 enzymes from Rhodothermus marinus DSM 4253. Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 28;10(1):1329. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58015-5. |
2020 Jan 28 | degradation | 14 | 6 | GH43_15, CBM6, GH10, CBM4, 3.2.1.8, GH10, GH67, GH3, GH3 |
PUL0617 | RNA-Seq | xylan | Prevotella sp. PINT | 33113351 Distinct Polysaccharide Utilization Determines Interspecies Competition between Intestinal Prevotella spp. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Dec 9;28(6):838-852.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Oct 27. |
2020 Dec 9 | degradation | 14 | 6 | GH67, GH10, GH43, GH43_1, GH43_35, GH43, GH5_21, GH5, GH10, CBM0, CBM4, 3.2.1.8 |
PUL0619 | RNA-Seq | xylan | Prevotella sp. PROD | 33113351 Distinct Polysaccharide Utilization Determines Interspecies Competition between Intestinal Prevotella spp. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Dec 9;28(6):838-852.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Oct 27. |
2020 Dec 9 | degradation | 5 | 1 | GH35, CBM32 |
PUL0620 | RNA-Seq | xylan | Prevotella sp. PROD | 33113351 Distinct Polysaccharide Utilization Determines Interspecies Competition between Intestinal Prevotella spp. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Dec 9;28(6):838-852.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Oct 27. |
2020 Dec 9 | degradation | 10 | 2 | GH128, GH51, GH43_19 |
PUL0622 | RNA-Seq | xylan | Prevotella sp. PROD | 33113351 Distinct Polysaccharide Utilization Determines Interspecies Competition between Intestinal Prevotella spp. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Dec 9;28(6):838-852.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Oct 27. |
2020 Dec 9 | degradation | 15 | 5 | CBM35, CBM2, PL11_1, PL11, GH3, 3.2.1.55, CBM6, 3.2.1.37, GH43_7, CBM13, GH43, PL11_1, CBM35, CE12, PL11, CBM2, GH2 |
PUL0624 | RNA-Seq | xylan | Prevotella sp. PMUR | 33113351 Distinct Polysaccharide Utilization Determines Interspecies Competition between Intestinal Prevotella spp. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Dec 9;28(6):838-852.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Oct 27. |
2020 Dec 9 | degradation | 11 | 3 | CBM13, GH43, GH43_24, GH43_19, GH51, GH128 |
PUL0625 | RNA-Seq | xylan | Prevotella sp. PMUR | 33113351 Distinct Polysaccharide Utilization Determines Interspecies Competition between Intestinal Prevotella spp. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Dec 9;28(6):838-852.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Oct 27. |
2020 Dec 9 | degradation | 18 | 9 | GH43_12, GH43, GH115, GH43, GH43_10, GH97, CBM6, GH43_29, GH43, CBM22, CE1, CBM48, CBM51, CBM32, GH95, CBM13, GH115, GH30_8 |
PUL0630 | enzyme activity assay, affinity gel electrophoresis | xylan | termite gut metagenome | 33187992 Multimodularity of a GH10 Xylanase Found in the Termite Gut Metagenome. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2021 Jan 15;87(3):e01714-20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01714-20. Print 2021 Jan 15. |
2021 Jan 15 | degradation | 9 | 5 | GH10, CBM4, CBM0, 3.2.1.8, GH115, GH11, CBM6, CBM36, CBM0, 3.2.1.8, GH10, CBM9, CBM22, GH43, GH43_1 |
PUL0669 | clone, high performance anion exchange chromatography, enzymatic product analysis | xylan | Bacteroides eggerthii 1_2_48FAA | 34480044 Characterization of a novel multidomain CE15-GH8 enzyme encoded by a polysaccharide utilization locus in the human gut bacterium Bacteroides eggerthii. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 3;11(1):17662. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96659-z. |
2021 Sep 3 | degradation | 24 | 12 | CE15, GH8, GH95, GH43 |
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