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            <person-name>
              <surname>Collins</surname>
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          <article-title>Reclassification of Streptococcus pluton (White) in a new genus Melissococcus, as Melissococcus pluton nom. rev.; comb. nov.</article-title>
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          <fpage>215</fpage>
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        <article-title>Corrigenda to the validation lists</article-title>
        <year>2001</year>
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        <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Collins</surname>
            <given-names>M.D.</given-names>
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        <article-title>Reclassification of Streptococcus pluton (White) in a new genus Melissococcus, as Melissococcus pluton nom. rev.; comb. nov.</article-title>
        <year>1982</year>
        <volume>53</volume>
        <fpage>215</fpage>
        <lpage>217</lpage>
        <source id="176">The Journal of Applied Bacteriology</source>
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            <surname>List Editor</surname>
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        <article-title>Validation List no. 11. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB.</article-title>
        <year>1983</year>
        <volume>33</volume>
        <issue>3</issue>
        <fpage>672</fpage>
        <lpage>674</lpage>
        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
        <issn>0020-7713</issn>
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