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        <article-title>Opinion 22.  Status of the Generic Name Asterococcus and Conservation of the Generic Name Mycoplasma</article-title>
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    <modified curator="Charles Parker" date="2017-01-18" date-formatted="January 18, 2017" time="21:13:22" time-formatted="21:13 PM" />
    <created curator="NamesforLife Curator" date="2015-06-11" date-formatted="June 11, 2015" time="17:13:57" time-formatted="17:13 PM" />
    <public-note>This name is illegitimate because the genus is a later homonym.</public-note>
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