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              <authority>corrig. Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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              <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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                <authority>Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013</authority>
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                  <authority>Imhoff 2005</authority>
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                    <authority>Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017</authority>
                    <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Chromatiaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2070" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                      <authority>Imhoff et al. 1998</authority>
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          <authority>Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2146" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2147" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.18150" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2146">Thiopedia</identifier>
          <authority>Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2130" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2131" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2128" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2130">Thiococcus</identifier>
          <authority>Imhoff et al. 1998</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2114" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2115" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2115" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2114">Rheinheimera</identifier>
          <authority>Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Hayashi et al. 2018</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rheinheimera" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2114" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2121" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2122" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2122" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2121">Thiobaca</identifier>
          <authority>Rees et al. 2002</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiobaca" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2121" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2148" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2149" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2149" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2148">Thiorhodococcus</identifier>
          <authority>Guyoneaud et al. 1998</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2089" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2090" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2090" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2089">Amoebobacter</identifier>
          <authority>Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10348" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2120" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2120" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2119">Thialkalicoccus</identifier>
          <authority>(sic) Bryantseva et al. 2000</authority>
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          <authority>(sic) Bryantseva et al. 2000</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2152" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2153" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2153" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2152">Thiospirillum</identifier>
          <authority>Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
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          <authority>(ex Winogradsky 1888) Dilling et al. 1996</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13165" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.13793" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13793" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13165">Thiophaeococcus</identifier>
          <authority>Anil Kumar et al. 2008</authority>
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          <authority>Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010</authority>
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          <authority>Shivalia et al. 2012</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26930" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.26931" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26931" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26930">Phaeobacterium</identifier>
          <authority>Nupur et al. 2015</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27126" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27127" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27127" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27126">Arsukibacterium</identifier>
          <authority>Schmidt et al. 2016</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2137" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2138" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2138" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2137">Thiodictyon</identifier>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2123" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2124" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2124" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2123">Thiocapsa</identifier>
          <authority>Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiocapsa" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2123" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2155" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2156" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2156" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2155">Ectothiorhodospira</identifier>
          <authority>Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
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          <authority>Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff 2001</authority>
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          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiocystis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2132" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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