Theory of Photosynthesis

BiologyPhotosynthesis in Higher PlantsFor NEET aspirants

Photosynthesis is the physico-chemical process by which green plants use light energy to make organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water, releasing oxygen. This page covers what simple leaf experiments show, the classic experiments of Priestley, Ingenhousz, Sachs, Engelmann and van Niel, the overall equation of photosynthesis and the chloroplast as its site, following the NCERT Class 11 chapter Photosynthesis in Higher Plants. NEET often asks scientist and discovery pairs, the source of the released oxygen and the division of labour inside the chloroplast.

On this page1What photosynthesis is2Leaf experiments3Early experiments4The equation5Site of photosynthesis6Exam essentials7Quick revision8Solved examples9Practice

Key Points at a Glance

★ Must learn Photosynthesis: light energy drives the synthesis of organic compounds; green plants are autotrophs.
It is the primary source of all food on earth and releases $O_{2}$ into the atmosphere.
Starch tests on leaves show that chlorophyll, light and $C O_{2}$ are all needed.
★ Must learn Priestley (1770): plants restore the air spoiled by a burning candle or a breathing mouse; he discovered oxygen in 1774.
Ingenhousz: sunlight is essential, and only the green parts of a plant release oxygen.
Sachs (about 1854): glucose is made in green parts and stored as starch; later he showed that chlorophyll lies in chloroplasts.
★ Must learn Engelmann: Cladophora, aerobic bacteria and a prism gave the first action spectrum (blue and red light).
★ Must learn van Niel: a hydrogen donor reduces $C O_{2}$ ; in green plants $H_{2} O$ is oxidised, so the $O_{2}$ released comes from water.
Overall equation: $6C O_{2}$ + $12 H_{2} O$ → $C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}$ + $6 H_{2} O$ + $6 O_{2}$ , in light.
★ Must learn Chloroplast membranes (grana, stroma lamellae) carry out the light reactions and make ATP and NADPH; the stroma carries out the dark (carbon) reactions.
Dark reactions are not light-independent: they need the ATP and NADPH made in light.

1. What Photosynthesis Is

Biology studies life at two levels: the organism and above (ecology), and the cell and molecule (physiology and biochemistry).
Photosynthesis is a physiological process. It is described in molecular terms, within the activities of cells and of the whole plant.
All animals, including human beings, depend on plants for their food.
Green plants make, or synthesise, their own food by photosynthesis. Hence they are called autotrophs.
Autotrophs: organisms that synthesise their own food. In this sense, autotrophic nutrition is found only in plants.
Heterotrophs: organisms that depend on green plants for their food.
All living forms on earth ultimately depend on sunlight for energy.
The use of sunlight by photosynthesising plants is therefore the basis of life on earth.

★ Very important Photosynthesis: a physico-chemical process in which green plants use light energy to drive the synthesis of organic compounds.

Why photosynthesis is important

★ Exam imp It is the primary source of all food on earth.
It releases oxygen into the atmosphere, which organisms need to breathe.

Memory Trick

Photosynthesis gives the living world two things: Food and Oxygen. Remember "F and O" for its two reasons of importance.

Key idea

Green plants turn light energy into the chemical energy of food, and every other organism depends on them.

2. What Simple Experiments Show

Simple school experiments show that chlorophyll (the green pigment of the leaf), light and $C O_{2}$ are required for photosynthesis.
The leaves are tested for starch, because starch forms only where photosynthesis has taken place.

Experiment	Set-up	Result	Conclusion
Variegated leaf	A leaf with green and non-green patches is kept in light	Only the green parts test positive for starch	Chlorophyll is needed
Partly covered leaf	Part of a leaf is covered with black paper and kept in light	Only the uncovered (lit) part forms starch	Light is needed
Half-leaf in a test tube	Part of a leaf is sealed in a tube with $KOH$ -soaked cotton, which absorbs $C O_{2}$ ; the other part is in air; all kept in light	Exposed part: starch present. Part in the tube: no starch	$C O_{2}$ is needed

Tips and Tricks How the $C O_{2}$ conclusion is drawn: both halves belong to the same leaf and get the same light and water. The only difference is that

KOH

removes

C O_{2}

from the tube. So the missing starch in that half can only be due to the missing

C O_{2}

Key idea

Photosynthesis happens only in green parts, only in light and only when

C O_{2}

is available.

3. Early Experiments

A series of simple experiments, done over about two centuries, slowly built our understanding of photosynthesis.

3.1 Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) performed a series of experiments in 1770.
They showed the essential role of air in the growth of green plants.
★ Exam imp Priestley also discovered oxygen, in 1774.

A candle burning in a closed space, a bell jar, soon goes out.
A mouse kept in a closed bell jar soon suffocates.
Priestley concluded that a burning candle or a breathing animal somehow damages the air.
He then placed a mint plant in the same bell jar. The mouse stayed alive and the candle kept burning.
Hypothesis: plants restore to the air whatever breathing animals and burning candles remove.

Figure 1: Priestley's experiment. In a closed bell jar a burning candle goes out and a mouse dies (a, b); with a mint plant inside, the candle keeps burning and the mouse lives (c, d).

Tips and Tricks

To test whether the air was restored, the candle had to be rekindled after a few days. This had to be done without opening the jar, for example by focusing sunlight on the wick with a lens.

3.2 Jan Ingenhousz

Jan Ingenhousz (1730-1799) used a set-up like Priestley's, placed once in the dark and once in sunlight.
★ Exam imp He showed that sunlight is essential for the plant process that purifies air fouled by burning candles or breathing animals.
With an aquatic plant, he saw small bubbles form around the green parts in bright sunlight, but not in the dark.
He later identified these bubbles as oxygen.
Hence he showed that only the green parts of a plant can release oxygen.

3.3 Julius von Sachs

In about 1854, Julius von Sachs gave evidence that glucose is produced when plants grow.
★ Exam imp Glucose is usually stored as starch.
His later studies showed that the green substance (chlorophyll) lies in special bodies within plant cells, later called chloroplasts.
He found that glucose is made in the green parts of the plant.

3.4 T.W. Engelmann

T.W. Engelmann (1843-1909) split light into its spectral components using a prism.
He illuminated a green alga, Cladophora, kept in a suspension of aerobic bacteria.
The aerobic bacteria detected the sites of $O_{2}$ evolution, because they gather where oxygen is released.
★ Exam imp The bacteria accumulated mainly in the regions of blue and red light.
This gave the first action spectrum of photosynthesis. It roughly resembles the absorption spectra of chlorophyll a and b.

★ Very important Engelmann's experiment = Cladophora (green alga) + aerobic bacteria + prism. It produced the first action spectrum, with peaks in the blue and red regions.

Memory Trick

Match each first letter to the finding: Priestley: Plant restores air; Ingenhousz: Illumination needed; Sachs: Starch from glucose; Engelmann: Each colour of the spectrum tested.

Quick Recall: tap to check

Which plant did Priestley keep in the bell jar?

A mint plant.

Which scientist showed that only the green parts of a plant release oxygen?

Jan Ingenhousz, using an aquatic plant in bright sunlight.

Which alga did Engelmann use, and what did the aerobic bacteria detect?

The green alga Cladophora; the bacteria detected the sites of

O_{2}

evolution.

In what form is the glucose made in green parts usually stored?

As starch (Sachs).

Key idea

Priestley showed plants restore air, Ingenhousz showed light and green parts are needed, Sachs found glucose and chloroplasts, and Engelmann found the useful colours of light.

4. The Equation of Photosynthesis

4.1 The empirical equation

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the key features were known: plants use light energy to make carbohydrates from $C O_{2}$ and water.
The empirical equation for oxygen-evolving organisms was written as:

C O_{2} + H_{2} O Light [C H_{2} O] + O_{2}

$C H_{2} O$ represents a carbohydrate, for example glucose, a six-carbon sugar.

4.2 Cornelius van Niel

Cornelius van Niel (1897-1985) was a microbiologist who studied purple and green bacteria.
He showed that photosynthesis is essentially a light-dependent reaction.
In it, hydrogen from a suitable oxidisable compound reduces $C O_{2}$ to carbohydrates:

2 H_{2} A + C O_{2} Light 2A + C H_{2} O + H_{2} O

Organism	Hydrogen donor ( $H_{2} A$ )	Oxidation product (A)
Green plants	$H_{2} O$	$O_{2}$
Purple and green sulphur bacteria	$H_{2} S$	Sulphur or sulphate (no $O_{2}$ released)

Some organisms, therefore, do not release $O_{2}$ during photosynthesis.
★ Exam imp van Niel inferred that the $O_{2}$ evolved by green plants comes from water, not from carbon dioxide.
This was later proved by radioisotopic techniques.

NEET Focus

The oxygen released in photosynthesis comes from water. van Niel inferred it from sulphur bacteria, and radioisotope techniques later proved it. A statement saying the $O_{2}$ comes from $C O_{2}$ is false.

4.3 The correct overall equation

6 C O_{2} + 12 H_{2} O Light C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} + 6 H_{2} O + 6 O_{2}

$C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}$ represents glucose.
★ Exam imp This equation describes a multistep process, not a single reaction.

★ Very important Why 12 $H_{2} O$ ? All 6 $O_{2}$ (12 oxygen atoms) come from water, so 12 water molecules must be split. The oxygen atoms of $C O_{2}$ end up in glucose and in the 6 $H_{2} O$ formed as a product.

Memory Trick

Order of the scientists: "Plants In Sunlight Evolve Vital oxygen" = Priestley, Ingenhousz, Sachs, Engelmann, van Niel.

Key idea

Photosynthesis is a light-driven reduction of

C O_{2}

by hydrogen from water, and the oxygen given out comes from water.

5. Where Photosynthesis Takes Place

Photosynthesis takes place mainly in the green leaves, and also in other green parts of the plant.
Leaves take in $C O_{2}$ from the atmosphere through their stomata.
★ Exam imp The mesophyll cells of leaves have a large number of chloroplasts.
Chloroplasts usually align themselves along the walls of the mesophyll cells, so that they get the optimum quantity of incident light.

5.1 Structure of the chloroplast

Within the chloroplast is a membranous system made of grana and stroma lamellae, lying in a matrix called the stroma.
Parts labelled in an electron micrograph section: outer membrane, inner membrane, stromal lamella, grana, stroma, ribosomes, starch granule and lipid droplet.

Test yourself: hide labels

Figure 2: Section of a chloroplast as seen in an electron micrograph. Grana and stroma lamellae form the membrane system; the stroma fills the rest.

Quick Recall: name the parts of the chloroplast

Name the double boundary of the chloroplast.

Outer membrane and inner membrane.

What are the stacks of discs, and what joins them?

Grana; they are joined by stromal lamellae.

Name the matrix and three things seen in it.

Stroma; it contains ribosomes, starch granules and lipid droplets.

5.2 Division of labour in the chloroplast

Part	What happens	Name of the reactions
Membrane system (grana and stroma lamellae)	Traps light energy; synthesises ATP and NADPH	Light reactions (photochemical reactions): directly light driven
Stroma	Enzymatic reactions synthesise sugar, which forms starch	Dark reactions (carbon reactions): depend on ATP and NADPH from the light reactions

★ Very important The name dark reactions is only a convention. They do not occur in darkness, and they are not light-independent, because they need the ATP and NADPH made in light.

Light reactions

Site: thylakoid membranes (grana, stroma lamellae)
Directly driven by light
Products: ATP and NADPH (and $O_{2}$ )

Dark (carbon) reactions

Site: stroma
Not directly driven by light
Use ATP and NADPH to make sugar and starch

Quick Recall: tap to check

Name a plant part other than the leaf that can photosynthesise.

Any green part, for example a green stem.

Why do chloroplasts line the walls of mesophyll cells?

To receive the optimum quantity of incident light. In dim light they turn their flat surfaces towards the light; in strong light they line up along the side walls, parallel to it.

Which part of the chloroplast makes ATP and NADPH, and which makes sugar?

The membrane system (grana and stroma lamellae) makes ATP and NADPH; the stroma makes sugar.

Memory Trick

"Membranes Make energy, Stroma Synthesises sugar": M for membranes and ATP/NADPH, S for stroma and sugar.

Key idea

Light is trapped and turned into ATP and NADPH on the membranes; sugar is built from them in the stroma.

6. Exam Essentials

Pairs to Match

List I	List II
Joseph Priestley (1770)	Plants restore air spoiled by candles and animals (mint plant)
Joseph Priestley (1774)	Discovery of oxygen
Jan Ingenhousz	Sunlight is essential; oxygen bubbles only from green parts
Julius von Sachs (about 1854)	Glucose made in green parts, stored as starch; later, chlorophyll in chloroplasts
T.W. Engelmann	First action spectrum (Cladophora, aerobic bacteria, prism)
Cornelius van Niel	Hydrogen donor reduces $C O_{2}$ ; $O_{2}$ comes from water
Radioisotope techniques	Proved that the released $O_{2}$ comes from water
$KOH$ -soaked cotton	Absorbs $C O_{2}$
Variegated leaf	Starch only in the green parts
Aerobic bacteria	Detect sites of $O_{2}$ evolution
Purple and green sulphur bacteria	$H_{2} S$ as hydrogen donor; sulphur or sulphate formed
Grana and stroma lamellae	Light reactions; ATP and NADPH
Stroma	Dark (carbon) reactions; sugar and starch

Exceptions

Photosynthesis is not only in leaves; other green parts also photosynthesise.
Purple and green sulphur bacteria photosynthesise but do not release $O_{2}$ .
The $O_{2}$ released comes from water, not from $C O_{2}$ .
Dark reactions do not take place in darkness and are not independent of light.
Photosynthesis is not a single reaction but a multistep process.
Water is both used (12 $H_{2} O$ ) and formed (6 $H_{2} O$ ) in the overall equation.

Numbers to Remember

Priestley: 1733-1804; experiments in 1770; discovered oxygen in 1774.
Ingenhousz: 1730-1799.
Sachs: evidence for glucose in about 1854.
Engelmann: 1843-1909. van Niel: 1897-1985.
Overall equation: 6 $C O_{2}$ + 12 $H_{2} O$ → 1 glucose + 6 $H_{2} O$ + 6 $O_{2}$ .
Glucose is a six-carbon sugar; leaf colour comes from four pigments (next page).

7. Quick Revision

Photosynthesis: light energy drives the synthesis of organic compounds in green plants.
Green plants are autotrophs; organisms that depend on them are heterotrophs.
Two reasons it matters: primary source of all food, and release of oxygen.
Chlorophyll, light and $C O_{2}$ are needed (variegated leaf, black paper, $KOH$ half-leaf tests).
Priestley (1770): mint plant restores air; discovered oxygen in 1774.
Ingenhousz: sunlight needed; only green parts release oxygen bubbles.
Sachs (about 1854): glucose made in green parts, stored as starch; later, chlorophyll in chloroplasts.
Engelmann: Cladophora + aerobic bacteria + prism = first action spectrum (blue and red).
van Niel: $2 H_{2} A$ + $C O_{2}$ → 2A + $C H_{2} O$ + $H_{2} O$ ; sulphur bacteria use $H_{2} S$ .
$O_{2}$ released comes from water, proved by radioisotope techniques.
$6C O_{2}$ + $12 H_{2} O$ → $C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}$ + $6 H_{2} O$ + $6 O_{2}$ : a multistep process.
Mesophyll cells have many chloroplasts aligned along their walls.
Membranes: light reactions, ATP and NADPH. Stroma: dark (carbon) reactions, sugar and starch.
Dark reactions are named by convention; they are not light-independent.

8. Solved Examples

Solved Example 1

Match List I with List II.
List I: A. Priestley; B. Ingenhousz; C. Engelmann; D. van Niel
List II: I.

O_{2}

comes from water; II. First action spectrum; III. Bubbles only from green parts in sunlight; IV. Mint plant restores air
Choose the correct answer.
(A) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
(B) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
(C) A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
(D) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

Solution:

Answer: (A). Priestley used a mint plant (IV); Ingenhousz saw oxygen bubbles only around green parts in light (III); Engelmann obtained the first action spectrum (II); van Niel inferred that oxygen comes from water (I).

Solved Example 2

Read the statements about the early experiments.
A. Priestley discovered oxygen in 1774.
B. Sachs showed that glucose is usually stored as starch.
C. Engelmann used a moss with anaerobic bacteria.
D. van Niel studied purple and green bacteria.
E. Ingenhousz showed that sunlight is not needed to purify air.
Choose the correct answer.
(A) A, B and D only
(B) A, C and E only
(C) B, C and D only
(D) A, B, D and E only

Solution:

Answer: (A). C is false: Engelmann used the green alga Cladophora with aerobic bacteria. E is false: Ingenhousz showed that sunlight is essential. A, B and D are true.

Solved Example 3

Arrange these scientists in the order in which their work on photosynthesis was done.
A. Engelmann
B. Priestley
C. van Niel
D. Sachs
E. Ingenhousz
Choose the correct order.
(A) B, E, D, A, C
(B) E, B, D, A, C
(C) B, E, A, D, C
(D) B, D, E, A, C

Solution:

Answer: (A). Priestley worked in 1770. Ingenhousz repeated Priestley's set-up, so his work came next. Sachs followed in about 1854, Engelmann's prism experiment came later in the nineteenth century, and van Niel worked in the twentieth century. The phrase "Plants In Sunlight Evolve Vital oxygen" gives this order.

Solved Example 4

In the half-leaf experiment, the part of the leaf inside the tube with

KOH

-soaked cotton gives a negative starch test. This shows that:
(A) Light is needed for photosynthesis
(B)

C O_{2}

is needed for photosynthesis
(C) Chlorophyll is needed for photosynthesis
(D)

KOH

destroys starch

Solution:

Answer: (B). $KOH$ absorbs $C O_{2}$ . Light, water and chlorophyll are the same for both halves, so the missing starch is due only to the missing $C O_{2}$ .

Solved Example 5

Which statement about the dark reactions of photosynthesis is NOT correct?
(A) They take place in the stroma
(B) They use ATP and NADPH
(C) They take place only in darkness
(D) They are also called carbon reactions

Solution:

Answer: (C). The name is only a convention. The dark reactions run in light too, and they depend on the products of the light reactions.

Solved Example 6

In the equation

6C O_{2}

12 H_{2} O

→

C_{6} H_{12} O_{6}

6 H_{2} O

6 O_{2}

, how many water molecules are split to release the oxygen, and how many are formed again?
(A) 6 split, 12 formed
(B) 12 split, 6 formed
(C) 6 split, 6 formed
(D) 12 split, 12 formed

Solution:

Answer: (B). Six $O_{2}$ molecules contain 12 oxygen atoms, all from water, so 12 $H_{2} O$ are split. Six $H_{2} O$ appear again as a product.

9. Practice Questions

Practice Questions

Match List I with List II.
List I: A. Grana; B. Stroma; C. Mesophyll cells; D. Stomata
List II: I. Entry of $C O_{2}$ into the leaf; II. Light reactions; ATP and NADPH; III. Dark reactions; sugar and starch; IV. Many chloroplasts in the leaf
Choose the correct answer.
(A) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
(B) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
(C) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
(D) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-IAnswer: (A). Grana: light reactions; stroma: dark reactions; mesophyll: many chloroplasts; stomata: entry of $C O_{2}$ .
Read the statements about the chloroplast.
A. Chloroplasts align along the walls of mesophyll cells.
B. The membrane system traps light energy.
C. Starch granules and lipid droplets lie in the stroma.
D. Sugar is synthesised on the grana.
Choose the correct answer.
(A) A, B and C only
(B) A and D only
(C) B, C and D only
(D) A, B, C and DAnswer: (A). D is false: sugar is synthesised by enzymes in the stroma.
Statement I: In purple and green sulphur bacteria, $H_{2} S$ is the hydrogen donor.
Statement II: These bacteria release oxygen during photosynthesis.
Choose the correct answer.
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correctAnswer: (C). They form sulphur or sulphate, not oxygen.
In Engelmann's experiment, the aerobic bacteria gathered mainly in the:
(A) Green and yellow light
(B) Blue and red light
(C) Violet and green light
(D) Orange and yellow lightAnswer: (B). Oxygen was released most in blue and red light, giving the first action spectrum.
Which experiment does NOT test the need for light?
(A) Leaf partly covered with black paper
(B) Ingenhousz's set-up kept in dark and in sunlight
(C) Half-leaf with $KOH$ -soaked cotton
(D) Aquatic plant bubbles in sunlight and in darkAnswer: (C). The $KOH$ experiment tests the need for $C O_{2}$ ; both halves get light.
Arrange the steps of Priestley's experiment in order.
A. Mint plant placed in the bell jar
B. Candle goes out in a closed bell jar
C. Candle keeps burning and mouse stays alive
D. Conclusion that candles and animals damage the air
(A) B, D, A, C
(B) A, B, C, D
(C) B, A, D, C
(D) D, B, A, CAnswer: (A). Candle goes out, air is judged damaged, mint plant is added, and the candle and mouse then survive.
The oxygen released in photosynthesis was finally proved to come from water by:
(A) Paper chromatography
(B) Radioisotopic techniques
(C) Starch tests
(D) Use of a prismAnswer: (B). van Niel's inference was later confirmed with radioisotopes.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Watch out

Writing that the $O_{2}$ released comes from $C O_{2}$ . Correct: it comes from water.
Calling the dark reactions light-independent or saying they occur at night. Correct: they need ATP and NADPH from light.
Saying Engelmann used aerobic bacteria with a moss or with Spirogyra. Correct: a green alga, Cladophora.
Mixing up the years: Priestley's experiments were in 1770 and his discovery of oxygen in 1774.
Thinking photosynthesis occurs only in leaves. Other green parts photosynthesise too.
Writing 6 $H_{2} O$ on the left side of the equation. Correct: 12 $H_{2} O$ used, 6 $H_{2} O$ formed.
Placing sugar synthesis on the grana. Correct: grana make ATP and NADPH; sugar forms in the stroma.
Assuming every photosynthetic organism releases $O_{2}$ . Sulphur bacteria release sulphur or sulphate instead.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is photosynthesis?

Photosynthesis is the physico-chemical process in which green plants use light energy to make organic compounds, mainly glucose, from carbon dioxide and water. Oxygen is released as a by-product. It is the primary source of all food on earth and the source of atmospheric oxygen.

What did Priestley's experiment show?

In 1770 Priestley showed that a candle goes out and a mouse suffocates in a closed bell jar, but both survive when a mint plant is kept inside. He concluded that plants restore to the air whatever burning candles and breathing animals remove.

How did Engelmann obtain the first action spectrum?

Engelmann split light with a prism and shone it on the green alga Cladophora kept among aerobic bacteria. The bacteria gathered where oxygen was released, mainly in blue and red light. This first action spectrum roughly matches the absorption spectra of chlorophyll a and b.

Where does the oxygen released in photosynthesis come from?

It comes from water. Studying purple and green sulphur bacteria, which use $H_{2} S$ and release sulphur instead of oxygen, van Niel inferred that green plants oxidise water to oxygen. Radioisotope techniques later proved this. It also explains why 12 water molecules appear in the overall equation.

Why are 12 water molecules used in the equation of photosynthesis?

The 6 oxygen molecules released contain 12 oxygen atoms, and all of them come from water. So 12 water molecules must be split. The oxygen of carbon dioxide goes into glucose and into the 6 water molecules formed as a product.

Why are dark reactions not truly dark?

Dark reactions are not driven directly by light, but they depend on the ATP and NADPH made in the light reactions. When light is removed they continue only briefly and then stop. So the name is a convention; they are better called carbon reactions.

What is the division of labour inside a chloroplast?

The membrane system of grana and stroma lamellae traps light energy and makes ATP and NADPH in the light reactions. The stroma uses them in enzymatic reactions to make sugar, which forms starch. These stroma reactions are the dark or carbon reactions.

Which early experiments of photosynthesis are important for NEET from NCERT?

Learn Priestley (1770, mint plant; oxygen 1774), Ingenhousz (sunlight and green parts), Sachs (1854, glucose and starch), Engelmann (Cladophora, first action spectrum) and van Niel (oxygen from water). NEET often pairs each scientist with his finding in match-the-list questions. Questions also test the organisms used, such as the mint plant and Cladophora.

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