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          <authority>Zinder et al. 1985</authority>
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          <authority>Shimizu et al. 2015</authority>
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          <authority>von Klein et al. 2002 emend. Singh et al. 2005</authority>
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          <authority>Lyimo et al. 2000</authority>
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          <authority>Sowers et al. 1986</authority>
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          <authority>Schnellen 1947 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Maestrojuán et al. 1992</authority>
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          <authority>Shimizu et al. 2011</authority>
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          <authority>Kern et al. 2016</authority>
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          <authority>Wagner et al. 2013</authority>
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                  <surname>Liolios</surname>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Chen</surname>
                  <given-names>I.M.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Mavromatis</surname>
                  <given-names>K.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Tavernarakis</surname>
                  <given-names>N.</given-names>
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                  <surname>Hugenholtz</surname>
                  <given-names>P.</given-names>
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                  <surname>Markowitz</surname>
                  <given-names>V.M.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Kyrpides</surname>
                  <given-names>N.C.</given-names>
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              <article-title>The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata</article-title>
              <year>2010</year>
              <volume>38</volume>
              <fpage>D346</fpage>
              <lpage>354</lpage>
              <source id="1178">Nucleic Acids Research</source>
              <abbrev>Nucleic Acids Res.</abbrev>
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