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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2017" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2018" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2018" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2017">Rhodocyclus</identifier>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2018" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2018" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2018">Rhodocyclus purpureus</identifier>
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            <authority>(None 2015) Woese et al. 1990</authority>
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              <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.40185" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Pseudomonadota</identifier>
              <authority>corrig. Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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              <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31608" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Alphaproteobacteriota</identifier>
              <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
              <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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                <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1616" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1617" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2584" rank="class" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1616">Betaproteobacteria</identifier>
                <authority>Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017</authority>
                <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Betaproteobacteria" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1616" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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            <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2015" rank="order">
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                  <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2015" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2017" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2018" rank="order" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2015">Rhodocyclales</identifier>
                  <authority>Garrity et al. 2006</authority>
                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodocyclales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2015" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2016" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2017" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2018" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2016">Rhodocyclaceae</identifier>
                    <authority>Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017</authority>
                    <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodocyclaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2016" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2017" rank="genus">
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                      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2017" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2018" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2018" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2017">Rhodocyclus</identifier>
                      <authority>Pfennig 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1984</authority>
                      <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodocyclus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2017" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2016" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2017" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2018" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2016">Rhodocyclaceae</identifier>
          <authority>Garrity et al. 2006 emend. Boden et al. 2017</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodocyclaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2016" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2034" rank="genus">
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2034" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2035" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2035" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2034">Azovibrio</identifier>
          <authority>Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2000</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azovibrio" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2034" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10158" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.10157" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10157" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10158">Denitratisoma</identifier>
          <authority>Fahrbach et al. 2006</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Denitratisoma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.10158" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2044" rank="genus">
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2044" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2045" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2045" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2044">Propionivibrio</identifier>
          <authority>Tanaka et al. 1991 emend. Brune et al. 2002</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Propionivibrio" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2044" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2048" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2049" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2049" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2048">Quatrionicoccus</identifier>
          <authority>(Maszenan et al. 2002) Tindall and Euzéby 2006</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Quatrionicoccus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2048" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2050" rank="genus">
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2050" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2051" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2051" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2050">Sterolibacterium</identifier>
          <authority>Tarlera and Denner 2003</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sterolibacterium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2050" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.10407" rank="genus">
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10407" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.10865" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10865" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10407">Methyloversatilis</identifier>
          <authority>Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2006</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methyloversatilis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.10407" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.10425" rank="genus">
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10425" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.10990" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2049" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10425">Quadricoccus</identifier>
          <authority>Maszenan et al. 2002</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Quatrionicoccus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2048" illegitimate="true" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.13170" rank="genus">
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13170" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.13798" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13798" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13170">Uliginosibacterium</identifier>
          <authority>Weon et al. 2008 emend. Kang et al. 2017</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Uliginosibacterium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.13170" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.21347" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.21348" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.21348" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.21347">Georgfuchsia</identifier>
          <authority>Weelink et al. 2011</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Georgfuchsia" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.21347" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.22167" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.22168" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.22168" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.22167">Sulfuritalea</identifier>
          <authority>Kojima and Fukui 2011</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sulfuritalea" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.22167" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25430" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.25431" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25431" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25430">Sulfurisoma</identifier>
          <authority>Kojima and Fukui 2014</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sulfurisoma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25430" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <authority>Chun et al. 2016</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Niveibacterium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28253" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.29493" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.29494" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.29494" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.29493">Oryzomicrobium</identifier>
          <authority>Liu et al. 2017</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Oryzomicrobium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.29493" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.29590" rank="genus">
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.29590" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.29591" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.29591" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.29590">Rugosibacter</identifier>
          <authority>Corteselli et al. 2017</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rugosibacter" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.29590" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2030" rank="genus">
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2030" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2031" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2031" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2030">Azonexus</identifier>
          <authority>Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2000</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azonexus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2030" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2040" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2040" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2041" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2041" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2040">Ferribacterium</identifier>
          <authority>Cummings et al. 2000</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Ferribacterium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2040" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2052" rank="genus">
      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2052" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2053" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2053" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2052">Thauera</identifier>
          <authority>Macy et al. 1993 emend. Yin et al. 2017</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thauera" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2052" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2038" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2039" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2039" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2038">Dechlorosoma</identifier>
          <authority>Achenbach et al. 2001</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2061" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2062" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2062" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2061">Zoogloea</identifier>
          <authority>Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Dahal et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Zoogloea" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2061" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2021" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2022" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2022" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2021">Azoarcus</identifier>
          <authority>Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993 emend. Fu et al. 2019</authority>
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