Atualmente os processos biotecnológicos têm conquistado um lugar de destaque no desenvolvimento tecnológico mundial, tendo as enzimas como as celulases, grande importância econômica e diferentes aplicações industriais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi à obtenção de fungos isolados e selecionados do ambiente agroindustrial, com a capacidade de hidrolisar a fração celulósica do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar. Um total de 46 isolados foram obtidos de bagaço de cana coletados em 3 destilarias. Quinze apresentaram a formação de halo pela coloração com vermelho Congo, os quais foram avaliados quanto a atividade celulolítica (F1 a F15), tendo como referência o fungo Trichoderma ressei 9414. Os isolados foram cultivados em bagaço de canade- açúcar 1% e conduziu-se a determinação da atividade de endoglucanase (CMCase) empregando-se carboximetilcelulose (CMC) como substrato, e da atividade da celulase total (FPase) empregando papel de filtro como substrato. Após 21 dias de cultivo em bagaço de canade- açúcar nenhum dos isolados apresentou atividade da celulase total maior que T. ressei QM9414. Destes isolados, F9 apresentou maior valor para a atividade da celulase total após 7 dias de cultivo. Com relação a atividade da endoglucanase, no sétimo dia de cultivo o isolado F27 obteve melhor resultado que T. ressei QM 9414. Quanto à cinética da atividade de endoglucanase os isolados 9, 23 e 27 apresentaram atividades enzimáticas muito próximas do fungo referência (QM9414). Os resultados mostram o grande potencial da biodiversidade existente em nichos industriais, na busca de linhagens com potencialidade na hidrólise enzimática de substrato lignocelulósico, como o bagaço de cana- de-açúcar. / Biotechnological processes are achieving increased relevance in today\'s technological development, being enzymes such as celullases, of great economical importance in different industrial applications. The objective of this work was the isolation and selection of fungi from agroindustrial environment, with capacity of hydrolysing the cellulosic fraction of sugar cane bagasse. Forty six isolates were evatuated for their cellulolytic activity using CMC as carbon source and Cong Red as staining indicator . Fifteen isolates showed halo formation by red Congo staining, and they were evaluated for cellulolytic activity (F1 to F15), using Trichoderma ressei 9414 as a reference. The isolates were cultivated in 1% sugar cane bagasse and the cellulolytic activities were assessed by the determination of endoglucanase activity (CMCase) using carboximetilcelulose (CMC) as substrate, and the total celullase activity (FPase) applying filter paper as substrate. After 21 days of cultivation in sugar cane bagasse neither of the isolates showed total cellulase activity higher than T. ressei QM9414. From these isolates, F9 showed higher total cellulase activity after 7 cultivation days. For endoglucanase activity, the isolate F27 showed better result than T. ressei QM 9414 in the seventh cultivation day. For the endoglucanase activity kinetics, the isolates 9, 23 and 27 showed enzymatic activities very close to the reference fungus (QM9414). These results allow to suggest a great biotechnological potential for the biodiversity found in industrial niches, regarding the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosics substrates, namely the sugar cane bagasse.

Atualmente os processos biotecnológicos têm conquistado um lugar de destaque no desenvolvimento tecnológico mundial, tendo as enzimas como as celulases, grande importância econômica e diferentes aplicações industriais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi à obtenção de fungos isolados e selecionados do ambiente agroindustrial, com a capacidade de hidrolisar a fração celulósica do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar. Um total de 46 isolados foram obtidos de bagaço de cana coletados em 3 destilarias. Quinze apresentaram a formação de halo pela coloração com vermelho Congo, os quais foram avaliados quanto a atividade celulolítica (F1 a F15), tendo como referência o fungo Trichoderma ressei 9414. Os isolados foram cultivados em bagaço de canade- açúcar 1% e conduziu-se a determinação da atividade de endoglucanase (CMCase) empregando-se carboximetilcelulose (CMC) como substrato, e da atividade da celulase total (FPase) empregando papel de filtro como substrato. Após 21 dias de cultivo em bagaço de canade- açúcar nenhum dos isolados apresentou atividade da celulase total maior que T. ressei QM9414. Destes isolados, F9 apresentou maior valor para a atividade da celulase total após 7 dias de cultivo. Com relação a atividade da endoglucanase, no sétimo dia de cultivo o isolado F27 obteve melhor resultado que T. ressei QM 9414. Quanto à cinética da atividade de endoglucanase os isolados 9, 23 e 27 apresentaram atividades enzimáticas muito próximas do fungo referência (QM9414). Os resultados mostram o grande potencial da biodiversidade existente em nichos industriais, na busca de linhagens com potencialidade na hidrólise enzimática de substrato lignocelulósico, como o bagaço de cana- de-açúcar. / Biotechnological processes are achieving increased relevance in today\'s technological development, being enzymes such as celullases, of great economical importance in different industrial applications. The objective of this work was the isolation and selection of fungi from agroindustrial environment, with capacity of hydrolysing the cellulosic fraction of sugar cane bagasse. Forty six isolates were evatuated for their cellulolytic activity using CMC as carbon source and Cong Red as staining indicator . Fifteen isolates showed halo formation by red Congo staining, and they were evaluated for cellulolytic activity (F1 to F15), using Trichoderma ressei 9414 as a reference. The isolates were cultivated in 1% sugar cane bagasse and the cellulolytic activities were assessed by the determination of endoglucanase activity (CMCase) using carboximetilcelulose (CMC) as substrate, and the total celullase activity (FPase) applying filter paper as substrate. After 21 days of cultivation in sugar cane bagasse neither of the isolates showed total cellulase activity higher than T. ressei QM9414. From these isolates, F9 showed higher total cellulase activity after 7 cultivation days. For endoglucanase activity, the isolate F27 showed better result than T. ressei QM 9414 in the seventh cultivation day. For the endoglucanase activity kinetics, the isolates 9, 23 and 27 showed enzymatic activities very close to the reference fungus (QM9414). These results allow to suggest a great biotechnological potential for the biodiversity found in industrial niches, regarding the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosics substrates, namely the sugar cane bagasse.

The initial aim of this project was to uncover novel cellulolytic organisms or enzymes from the diverse microbial source, activated sludge. Two isolation methods were used; either directly inoculating the sludge material onto filter paper as a carbon source, or using the Evolver� technology as an enrichment device. In both cases, as expected, cellulase activity was evident, however attributing this activity to one species was difficult in either case. This highlighted the complex interrelationships that existed between the many microorganisms present as the cellulosic carbon sources were degraded. In one instance, a Cellvibrio sp. was isolated. This genus of bacteria is known to possess both types of cellulase activity (exo- and endo- acting) and was therefore likely to contribute to the degradation of the cellulose. However, the isolate, once purified, did not display significant cellulolytic ability as compared to the unpurified consortium of microorganisms. Therefore, in each case, microorganisms responsible for the cellulolytic activity were not uncovered. It was suspected that the microorganisms responsible for some of the cellulolytic activity were protists. During the isolation of microorganisms, an Aeromonas sp. bearing the novel phenotype (for this genus) of CMCase activity was isolated. This activity was at first suspected to contribute to the degradation of the filter paper that was seen during isolation. However, tests with the pure isolate suggested that the Aeromonas sp. CMCase was not used for cellulose catabolism. Ironically, the enzyme may instead function in the production of a cellulose-like exopolysaccharide by the bacterium. Part of a cellulose synthase operon was found in the genome of the Aeromonas sp. isolate, including a gene coding for an endoglucanase that gives a predicted molecular weight enzyme similar to the 39 kDa CMCase purified from the bacterium. The CMCase enzyme, operating as part of of a synthetic operon is expected to be important in terms of the biofilm forming ability of this Aeromonas strain. Such capabilities of the bacterium were investigated here, including observing motility behaviour of the organism on agar surfaces. Studying the biofilm forming ability of this genus in general will be important in understanding how the fish and human pathogens persist in aquatic environments

Extensive research into enzyme-induced bio-conversion of lignocellulose to soluble sugars has been conducted and research continues in this area. Several approaches have been taken to attempt to alleviate the economic problems associated with utilisation of lignocellulose in fuel ethanol production. By expressing cellulase genes in planta, it is hoped that the cost of enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of cellulose to its soluble sugar monomers, will be reduced. Some accomplishments have been made in this area using nuclear genetic transformation (Abdeev et al., 2003; Abdeev et al., 2004; Austin-Phillips et al., 1999; Biswas et al., 2006; Dai et al., 2000a,b; Dai et al., 2005; Jin et al., 2003; Kawazu et al., 1999; Sakka et al., 2000; Ziegelhoffer et al., 1999; Ziegelhoffer et al., 2001; Ziegler et al., 2000), but more research is required to bring the levels of cellulase enzyme expression in plants to levels that will make the process economically competitive. Chloroplasts of N. tabacum were selected as a target for transformation for high level expression due to their extremely high rates of transcription and translation. These were transformed with two genes, the e1 gene from A. cellulolyticus, and the cbh1 gene from T. reesei. Further aims included the investigation of the effects of using different promoters, and the novel use of both nuclear and chloroplast-based expression in a single plant, on the level of protein production in the heterologous host. Heterologous expression of the cbh1 gene was not successful. This is thought to be due to toxicity of the protein in a prokaryotic environment. Future studies should focus on trying to avoid this toxicity by targeting of the chloroplast-expressed enzyme to specific tissues, such as the thylakoid membrane, for containment, creating a codon-optimised synthetic gene that better mimics the codon usage of the plant to be used for expression, or placing the expression under a reactive cascade that is only activated upon exposure to an external trigger. Heterologous expression of the full length gene for E1 from A. cellulolyticus was successful. Chloroplast homology vectors under the constitutive promoter Prrn, and the inducible promoter T7, were constructed and these were used to successfully transform N. tabacum cv. Petit Havana chloroplasts. Stable transgenic plants were produced and evaluated by a variety of means, with the heterologously expressed enzyme showing activity against the soluble substrate analogue MUC of up to 3122 ± 466 pmol 4-MU/mg TSP/min and an E1 accumulation level of up to 0.35% ± 0.06 of the total soluble protein. Lastly, chloroplast transformation was combined with nuclear transformation to create novel dual-transgenic plants simultaneously expressing E1 from both the nuclear and chloroplast genomes. The combination of these technologies was very successful, with the heterologously expressed enzyme showing activity against the soluble substrate analogue MUC of up to 35706 ± 955 pmol 4-MU/mg TSP/min and an E1 accumulation level of up to 4.78% ± 0.13 of the total soluble protein, and provides a new approach for increasing the accumulation levels of plant-produced cellulase enzymes.

<p>The enzymatic degradation of cellulose is an important process in nature. This thesis has focused on the degradation of cellulose by enzymes from two cellulose-degrading fungi, <i>Hypocrea jecorina</i> and <i>Phanerochaete chrysosporium</i>, including both the action of the individual enzymes and their synergistic interplay. </p><p>The end-preference of cellobiohydrolases on crystalline cellulose was studied. Cellobiohydrolases belonging to glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 7 were found to hydrolyse cellulose processively, starting from the reducing end of the cellulose chain. End-labelled cellulose can serve as a tool for functional classification of cellulases.</p><p>The synergy mechanism between endoglucanases and cellobiohydrolases was studied using substrates with different physical properties derived from bacterial cellulose. A new mechanism for synergism between endo- and exoacting enzymes was proposed whereby endoglucanases, in addition to creating nicks in amorphous parts of cellulose, thereby making new starting-points for processively acting cellobiohydrolases, also “polish” the cellulose surface by removing shorter chains from cellulose surface.</p><p>A new small endoglucanase belonging to the GH12 family was isolated and characterised. The proposed role of this enzyme is to make the cellulose in wood more accessible to other cellulases.</p><p>Oxygen conversion by cellobiose dehydrogenase was studied. Hydrogen peroxide produced by cellobiose dehydrogenase can be decomposed even by traces of certain metal ions into a hydroxyl radical and a hydroxyl ion. As an example, reduced metal ions will be continuously regenerated by cellobiose dehydrogenase, which thus stimulates the degradation.</p><p>Interactions between GH7 family cellobiohydrolases and o-nitrophenyl cellobioside were studied by fluorescence spectroscopy and kinetic tests. o-nitrophenyl cellobioside was used as indicator ligand to determine the dissociation constants for cellobiose binding to catalytically inactive Cel7A mutants by displacement binding experiments.</p>

The enzymatic degradation of cellulose is an important process in nature. This thesis has focused on the degradation of cellulose by enzymes from two cellulose-degrading fungi, Hypocrea jecorina and Phanerochaete chrysosporium, including both the action of the individual enzymes and their synergistic interplay. The end-preference of cellobiohydrolases on crystalline cellulose was studied. Cellobiohydrolases belonging to glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 7 were found to hydrolyse cellulose processively, starting from the reducing end of the cellulose chain. End-labelled cellulose can serve as a tool for functional classification of cellulases. The synergy mechanism between endoglucanases and cellobiohydrolases was studied using substrates with different physical properties derived from bacterial cellulose. A new mechanism for synergism between endo- and exoacting enzymes was proposed whereby endoglucanases, in addition to creating nicks in amorphous parts of cellulose, thereby making new starting-points for processively acting cellobiohydrolases, also “polish” the cellulose surface by removing shorter chains from cellulose surface. A new small endoglucanase belonging to the GH12 family was isolated and characterised. The proposed role of this enzyme is to make the cellulose in wood more accessible to other cellulases. Oxygen conversion by cellobiose dehydrogenase was studied. Hydrogen peroxide produced by cellobiose dehydrogenase can be decomposed even by traces of certain metal ions into a hydroxyl radical and a hydroxyl ion. As an example, reduced metal ions will be continuously regenerated by cellobiose dehydrogenase, which thus stimulates the degradation. Interactions between GH7 family cellobiohydrolases and o-nitrophenyl cellobioside were studied by fluorescence spectroscopy and kinetic tests. o-nitrophenyl cellobioside was used as indicator ligand to determine the dissociation constants for cellobiose binding to catalytically inactive Cel7A mutants by displacement binding experiments.

Thesis (Msc Food Sc (Food Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / Endoxylanases are known to improve dough stability, oven spring, loaf volume, crumb structure and shelf life. The use of endoglucanases (cellulases) usually results in increased bread loaf volume, bread score and reduced crumb firmness. Even though bakeries use ‘pure’ enzymes in their formulations, they are supplied with an enzyme mixture which can contain up to five different enzymes. These mixtures often also include an emulsifier and ascorbic acid. To compare the ability of endoxylanase and endoglucanase to improve bread quality characteristics, a commercial endoxylanase (from Aspergillus niger) and endoglucanase (from Trichoderma reseei) were evaluated together with a pure endoxylanase and endoglucanase (both from Trichoderma sp). Baking trials were conducted on small (100 g) as well as commercial (700 g) scale. Quality characteristics evaluated included dough quality, bread weight, bread height, bread volume, softness of crumb, bread slice characteristics and overall crumb texture. All the results were compared to a control. From the results of the small-scale baking trials both the pure and commercial endoxylanases significantly (P<0.05) improved bread height and softness of crumb, with the pure endoxylanase also increasing slice brightness. Both the pure and commercial endoglucanases significantly (P<0.05) increased softness of the crumb and slice brightness. When the enzymes were evaluated in combination, only an increase in bread height was observed for some of the combinations. From the results of the baking trials conducted on commercial scale, the loaf height was significantly (P<0.05) increased by the pure endoxylanase and the pure endoglucanase, while the bread volume was significantly (P<0.05) increased by all the enzymes being tested. Enzyme combinations resulted only in a significant (P<0.05) increase in bread volume. The texture of the bread crumb was significantly (P<0.05) influenced by the commercial endoxylanase, the pure endoxylanase, the pure endoglucanase as well as two of the enzyme combinations, resulting in a more open and coarse crumb texture. Slice brightness was significantly (P<0.05) decreased by the commercial endoxylanase, the pure endoxylanase, the pure endoglucanase as well as the two enzyme combinations. Both endoxylanases and endoglucanases can therefore be used to improve bread quality characteristics such as bread height and/or volume, slice brightness and softness of crumb. However, using pure enzymes specific characteristics can be targeted. This would become more feasible if pure or single component enzymes become more readily available and cost effective to use. Apart from testing the effect of the enzymes on bread quality characteristics using small-scale baking trials, it was shown in this study that testing of enzymes could also be efficiently conducted on commercial scale. In the latter the enzymes were being tested using commercial white bread flour as well as a leaner formulation. The leaner formulation allowed for the effect of the enzymes to be observed more prominently. The benefit of the evaluation on commercial scale was that the effect of the enzymes was tested in a process similar to that used in industry.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-05-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:37:45Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rodrigues_lmr_me_botfca.pdf: 618458 bytes, checksum: cb654c56905a6abeae0bdd7484f37739 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a agressividade de linhagens de Ralstonia solanacearum provenientes de solanáceas, plantas ornamentais e eucalipto, em plantas de batata, tomate e fumo, bem como caracterizar as linhagens por meio de técnicas moleculares. Vinte e duas linhagens foram utilizadas nos ensaios de avaliação da agressividade, em experimentos conduzidos em casa-de-vegetação evidenciaram alta severidade da doença pelas linhagens de R. solanacearum quando inoculadas em plantas de tomate e batata, sendo a batata mais afetada nas inoculações. Todas as linhagens mostraram-se agressivas, sendo que o fumo mostrou baixa suscetibilidade ao ataque das bactérias. As linhagens mais agressivas em plantas de tomate foram IBSBF 309, IBSBF 1712, IBSBF 1839, IBSBF 1882, IBSBF 1883 e IBSBF 2000, pertencentes às biovares I, II e III. As linhagens mais agressivas às plantas de fumo foram IBSBF 309, IBSBF 2131 e IBSBF 292T, pertencentes à biovar I. Foi efetuado também ensaio de microbiolização in vitro em sementes de eucalipto, a fim de se identificar possíveis linhagens patogênicas a esta espécie vegetal e concluiu-se que todas as linhagens utilizadas infectaram plantas de eucalipto ou afetaram seu crescimento. A caracterização molecular de 41 linhagens de Ralstonia solanacearum, provenientes de diversas plantas hospedeiras, incluindo solanáceas, bananeira, helicônia, plantas ornamentais e eucalipto, foi efetuada empregando-se ERIC e BOX-PCR e os resultados mostraram grande diversidade genética entre as linhagens. A análise de PCR-RFLP da região espaçadora 16S-23S DNAr permitiu distinguir os isolados pertencentes à biovar III das demais biovares (I, II, IIA e IIT), quando digeridos com as enzimas Taq I e Hin6 I. A análise de sequenciamento de parte dos genes Endoglucanase (Egl) e MutS possibilitou a classificação em filotipos e os resultados... / This study aimed to evaluate the aggressiveness of strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from solanaceus, ornamental and eucalyptus plants, on potato, tomato and tobacco, and to characterize the strains through molecular techniques. Twenty-two strains were used in this study to evaluate the aggressiveness and, the experiments conducted in a greenhouse revealed the high susceptibility of tomato and potato plants, with the potato being the most affected on through the inoculations. All isolates proved to be aggressive and higher tolerance to the attack of bacteria was verified on tobacco plants. Strains more aggressive on tomato were IBSBF 309, IBSBF 1712, IBSBF 1839, IBSBF 1882, IBSBF 1883 and IBSBF 2000, belonging to biovars I, II and III. The more aggressive strains on the tobacco plants were IBSBF 309, IBSBF 292T and IBSBF 2131 belonging to biovar I. Tests in vitro of microbiolization of eucalyptus seeds were also performed in order to identify possible pathogenic strains to this species and the results showed that all strains used cause infection on emerging plants or affected their growth. To molecular characterization of 41 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from several host plants including solanaceous, banana, heliconia, ornamentals and eucalyptus were employed to ERIC and BOX-PCR, and the results showed high genetic diversity among strains. The analysis of PCR-RFLP of 16S-23S spacer region rDNA allowed us to distinguish the isolates belonging to biovar III from the others (biovars I, II, IIA and IIT) when digested with enzymes Taq I and Hin6 I. The sequence analysis of the partial of Endoglucanase (Egl) and MutS genes allowed the classification in phylotypes and the results revealed a predominance of the phylotype II in Brazil, and four isolates were classified in the phylotype I, all belonging to biovar III

Resumo: O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a agressividade de linhagens de Ralstonia solanacearum provenientes de solanáceas, plantas ornamentais e eucalipto, em plantas de batata, tomate e fumo, bem como caracterizar as linhagens por meio de técnicas moleculares. Vinte e duas linhagens foram utilizadas nos ensaios de avaliação da agressividade, em experimentos conduzidos em casa-de-vegetação evidenciaram alta severidade da doença pelas linhagens de R. solanacearum quando inoculadas em plantas de tomate e batata, sendo a batata mais afetada nas inoculações. Todas as linhagens mostraram-se agressivas, sendo que o fumo mostrou baixa suscetibilidade ao ataque das bactérias. As linhagens mais agressivas em plantas de tomate foram IBSBF 309, IBSBF 1712, IBSBF 1839, IBSBF 1882, IBSBF 1883 e IBSBF 2000, pertencentes às biovares I, II e III. As linhagens mais agressivas às plantas de fumo foram IBSBF 309, IBSBF 2131 e IBSBF 292T, pertencentes à biovar I. Foi efetuado também ensaio de microbiolização in vitro em sementes de eucalipto, a fim de se identificar possíveis linhagens patogênicas a esta espécie vegetal e concluiu-se que todas as linhagens utilizadas infectaram plantas de eucalipto ou afetaram seu crescimento. A caracterização molecular de 41 linhagens de Ralstonia solanacearum, provenientes de diversas plantas hospedeiras, incluindo solanáceas, bananeira, helicônia, plantas ornamentais e eucalipto, foi efetuada empregando-se ERIC e BOX-PCR e os resultados mostraram grande diversidade genética entre as linhagens. A análise de PCR-RFLP da região espaçadora 16S-23S DNAr permitiu distinguir os isolados pertencentes à biovar III das demais biovares (I, II, IIA e IIT), quando digeridos com as enzimas Taq I e Hin6 I. A análise de sequenciamento de parte dos genes Endoglucanase (Egl) e MutS possibilitou a classificação em filotipos e os resultados... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the aggressiveness of strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from solanaceus, ornamental and eucalyptus plants, on potato, tomato and tobacco, and to characterize the strains through molecular techniques. Twenty-two strains were used in this study to evaluate the aggressiveness and, the experiments conducted in a greenhouse revealed the high susceptibility of tomato and potato plants, with the potato being the most affected on through the inoculations. All isolates proved to be aggressive and higher tolerance to the attack of bacteria was verified on tobacco plants. Strains more aggressive on tomato were IBSBF 309, IBSBF 1712, IBSBF 1839, IBSBF 1882, IBSBF 1883 and IBSBF 2000, belonging to biovars I, II and III. The more aggressive strains on the tobacco plants were IBSBF 309, IBSBF 292T and IBSBF 2131 belonging to biovar I. Tests in vitro of microbiolization of eucalyptus seeds were also performed in order to identify possible pathogenic strains to this species and the results showed that all strains used cause infection on emerging plants or affected their growth. To molecular characterization of 41 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from several host plants including solanaceous, banana, heliconia, ornamentals and eucalyptus were employed to ERIC and BOX-PCR, and the results showed high genetic diversity among strains. The analysis of PCR-RFLP of 16S-23S spacer region rDNA allowed us to distinguish the isolates belonging to biovar III from the others (biovars I, II, IIA and IIT) when digested with enzymes Taq I and Hin6 I. The sequence analysis of the partial of Endoglucanase (Egl) and MutS genes allowed the classification in phylotypes and the results revealed a predominance of the phylotype II in Brazil, and four isolates were classified in the phylotype I, all belonging to biovar III / Orientador: Antonio Carlos Maringoni / Coorientador: Suzete Aparecida Lanza Destéfano / Banca: Valdemar Atilio Malavolta Junior / Banca: Ivan Paulo Bedendo / Mestre

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