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              <article-title>The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences</article-title>
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              <source id="211">Journal of General Microbiology</source>
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              <article-title>Validation List no. 54.  Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB.</article-title>
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              <volume>45</volume>
              <issue>3</issue>
              <fpage>619</fpage>
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              <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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                  <surname>Wang</surname>
                  <given-names>Y.-X.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Zhang</surname>
                  <given-names>Y.-Q.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Tang</surname>
                  <given-names>S.-K.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Liu</surname>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Xiao</surname>
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                <person-name>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Cui</surname>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Li</surname>
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              <article-title>Nocardiopsis litoralis sp. nov., a halophilic marine actinomycete isolated from a sea anemone</article-title>
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              <volume>59</volume>
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          <article-title>The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences</article-title>
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        <year>1993</year>
        <volume>139</volume>
        <issue>6</issue>
        <fpage>1147</fpage>
        <lpage>1153</lpage>
        <source id="211">Journal of General Microbiology</source>
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            <surname>List Editor</surname>
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        <article-title>Validation List no. 54.  Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB.</article-title>
        <year>1995</year>
        <volume>45</volume>
        <issue>3</issue>
        <fpage>619</fpage>
        <lpage>620</lpage>
        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
        <issn>0020-7713</issn>
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            <surname>Harms</surname>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Koops</surname>
            <given-names>H.-P.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Wehrmann</surname>
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        <article-title>An ammoniaoxidizing bacterium, Nitrosovibrio tenuis nov. gen. nov. sp.</article-title>
        <year>1976</year>
        <volume>108</volume>
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        <lpage>111</lpage>
        <source id="118">Archives of Microbiology</source>
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