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          <authority>Thaxter 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Lang et al. 2008</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.3720" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.3720" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.3720">Myxococcus fulvus</identifier>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.39247" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.39247" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.39247">Myxococcus eversor</identifier>
          <authority>Chambers et al. 2021</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.39248" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.39248" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.39248">Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis</identifier>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.39249" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.39249" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.39249">Myxococcus vastator</identifier>
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      <reference id="rid.2290">
        <citation citation-type="journal">
          <authors>
            <person-name>
              <surname>Yamanaka</surname>
              <given-names>S.</given-names>
            </person-name>
            <person-name>
              <surname>Kawaguchi</surname>
              <given-names>A.</given-names>
            </person-name>
            <person-name>
              <surname>Komagata</surname>
              <given-names>K.</given-names>
            </person-name>
          </authors>
          <article-title>Isolation and identification of myxobacteria from soils and plant materials, with special reference to DNA base composition, quinone system, and cellular fatty acid composition, and with a description of a new species, Myxococcus flavescens.</article-title>
          <year>1987</year>
          <volume>33</volume>
          <fpage>247</fpage>
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