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            <person-name>
              <surname>Xia</surname>
              <given-names>Y.</given-names>
            </person-name>
            <person-name>
              <surname>Kong</surname>
              <given-names>Y.</given-names>
            </person-name>
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              <surname>Thomsen</surname>
              <given-names>T.R.</given-names>
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            <person-name>
              <surname>Halkjaer Nielsen</surname>
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          <article-title>Identification and ecophysiological characterization of epiphytic protein-hydrolyzing saprospiraceae ("Candidatus Epiflobacter" spp.) in activated sludge.</article-title>
          <year>2008</year>
          <volume>74</volume>
          <issue>7</issue>
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          <source id="228">Applied and Environmental Microbiology</source>
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            <surname>Xia</surname>
            <given-names>Y.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Kong</surname>
            <given-names>Y.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Halkjaer Nielsen</surname>
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        <article-title>Identification and ecophysiological characterization of epiphytic protein-hydrolyzing saprospiraceae ("Candidatus Epiflobacter" spp.) in activated sludge.</article-title>
        <year>2008</year>
        <volume>74</volume>
        <issue>7</issue>
        <fpage>2229</fpage>
        <lpage>38</lpage>
        <source id="228">Applied and Environmental Microbiology</source>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Oren</surname>
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            <surname>Garrity</surname>
            <given-names>G.M.</given-names>
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            <surname>Parker</surname>
            <given-names>C.T.</given-names>
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            <surname>Chuvochina</surname>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Trujillo</surname>
            <given-names>M.E.</given-names>
          </person-name>
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        <article-title>Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa.</article-title>
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        <issue>7</issue>
        <fpage>3956</fpage>
        <lpage>4042</lpage>
        <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Evol Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>1466-5026</issn>
        <essn>1466-5034</essn>
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