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          <article-title>Palaeococcus pacificus sp. nov., an archaeon from deep-sea hydrothermal sediment</article-title>
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              <surname>Meyer-Dombard</surname>
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              <surname>Sheth</surname>
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              <surname>Zolotova</surname>
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