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              <surname>Pringsheim</surname>
              <given-names>E.G.</given-names>
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          <article-title>The relationship between bacteria and Myxophyceae</article-title>
          <year>1949</year>
          <volume>13</volume>
          <issue>2</issue>
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          <lpage>98</lpage>
          <source id="1016">Bacteriological Reviews</source>
          <abbrev>Bacteriol Rev</abbrev>
          <issn>0005-3678</issn>
          <essn>1098-5557</essn>
          <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">16350128</pub-id>
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              <surname>Buchanan</surname>
              <given-names>R.E.</given-names>
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          <article-title>Family II. Leucotrichaceae Buchanan, Fam. Nov.</article-title>
          <year>1957</year>
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          <fpage>850</fpage>
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          <source id="538">Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology</source>
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        <source id="512">Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology</source>
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        <article-title>The relationship between bacteria and Myxophyceae</article-title>
        <year>1949</year>
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        <fpage>47</fpage>
        <lpage>98</lpage>
        <source id="1016">Bacteriological Reviews</source>
        <abbrev>Bacteriol Rev</abbrev>
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            <surname>McGowan</surname>
            <given-names>V.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Sneath</surname>
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        <article-title>Approved Lists of Bacterial Names</article-title>
        <year>1980</year>
        <volume>30</volume>
        <issue>1</issue>
        <fpage>225</fpage>
        <lpage>420</lpage>
        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
        <issn>0020-7713</issn>
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