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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Rose</surname>
                  <given-names>D.L.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Kocka</surname>
                  <given-names>J.P.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Somerson</surname>
                  <given-names>N.L.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Tully</surname>
                  <given-names>J.G.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Whitcomb</surname>
                  <given-names>R.F.</given-names>
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                  <surname>Carle</surname>
                  <given-names>P.</given-names>
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                  <surname>Bové</surname>
                  <given-names>J.M.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Colflesh</surname>
                  <given-names>D.E.</given-names>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Williamson</surname>
                  <given-names>D.L.</given-names>
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              <article-title>Mycoplasma lactucae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from a plant surface.</article-title>
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              <issue>2</issue>
              <fpage>138</fpage>
              <lpage>142</lpage>
              <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
              <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
              <issn>0020-7713</issn>
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                  <surname>Gupta</surname>
                  <given-names>R.S.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Son</surname>
                  <given-names>J.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Oren</surname>
                  <given-names>A.</given-names>
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              <article-title>A phylogenomic and molecular markers based taxonomic framework for members of the order Entomoplasmatales: proposal for an emended order Mycoplasmatales containing the family Spiroplasmataceae and emended family Mycoplasmataceae comprised of six genera.</article-title>
              <year>2019</year>
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              <issue>4</issue>
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