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                  <authority>Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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                    <authority>Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
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          <authority>Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1387" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1388" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1388" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1387">Mycoplana</identifier>
          <authority>Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami et al. 1990</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10238" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.10237" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10237" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10238">Pseudochrobactrum</identifier>
          <authority>Kämpfer et al. 2006</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1392" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1393" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1393" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1392">Ochrobactrum</identifier>
          <authority>Holmes et al. 1988</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13076" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.13706" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13706" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13076">Daeguia</identifier>
          <authority>Yoon et al. 2008</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.19879" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.19880" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.19880" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.19879">Paenochrobactrum</identifier>
          <authority>Kämpfer et al. 2010</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24611" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.24612" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24612" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24611">Falsochrobactrum</identifier>
          <authority>Kämpfer et al. 2013 emend. Sun et al. 2019</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Falsochrobactrum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24611" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1384" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1384" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1384">Brucella neotomae</identifier>
          <authority>Stoenner and Lackman 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1386" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1386" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1386">Brucella suis</identifier>
          <authority>Huddleson 1929 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Brucella suis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1386" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1385" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1385" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1385">Brucella ovis</identifier>
          <authority>Buddle 1956 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1381" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1381" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1381">Brucella melitensis</identifier>
          <authority>(Hughes 1893) Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Brucella melitensis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1381" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <authority>Scholz et al. 2010 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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          <authority>(Schmidt 1901) Meyer and Shaw 1920 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.11519" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.11519" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.11519">Brucella ceti</identifier>
          <authority>Foster et al. 2007 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13248" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13248" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13248">Brucella microti</identifier>
          <authority>Scholz et al. 2008 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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    <child doi="10.1601/tx.17475" rank="species">
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17475" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17475">Brucella sp.</identifier>
          <authority>None 2015</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Brucella sp." current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.17475" illegitimate="true" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1383" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1383" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1383">Brucella canis</identifier>
          <authority>Carmichael and Bruner 1968 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Brucella canis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1383" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28642" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.28642" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.28642">Brucella vulpis</identifier>
          <authority>Scholz et al. 2016</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.11520" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.11520" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.11520">Brucella pinnipedialis</identifier>
          <authority>Foster et al. 2007</authority>
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          <authority>Whatmore et al. 2014</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.36661" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1393" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.36661">Brucella anthropi</identifier>
          <authority>(Holmes et al. 1988) Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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