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        <article-title>Opinion 23. Rejection of the Generic Names Nitromonas Winogradsky 1890 and Nitromonas Orla-Jensen 1909, Conservation of the Generic Names Nitrosomonas Winogradsky 1892, Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892, and the Designation of the Type Species of these Genera</article-title>
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        <source id="748">International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy</source>
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        <source id="748">International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy</source>
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        <article-title>Micrococcus nitrosus (Winogradsky) Mig.</article-title>
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        <source id="574">System der Bakterien. Handbuch der Morphologie, Entwickenlungsgeschichte und Systematik der Bakterien</source>
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            <surname>McGowan</surname>
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        <article-title>Approved Lists of Bacterial Names</article-title>
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        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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