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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.50" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.50" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.50">Sulfophobococcus zilligii</identifier>
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              <surname>Hensel</surname>
              <given-names>R.</given-names>
            </person-name>
            <person-name>
              <surname>Matussek</surname>
              <given-names>K.</given-names>
            </person-name>
            <person-name>
              <surname>Michalke</surname>
              <given-names>K.</given-names>
            </person-name>
            <person-name>
              <surname>Tacke</surname>
              <given-names>L.</given-names>
            </person-name>
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              <surname>Tindall</surname>
              <given-names>B.J.</given-names>
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              <surname>Kohlhoff</surname>
              <given-names>M.</given-names>
            </person-name>
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              <surname>Siebers</surname>
              <given-names>B.</given-names>
            </person-name>
            <person-name>
              <surname>Dielenschneider</surname>
              <given-names>J.</given-names>
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          <article-title>Sulfophobococcus zilligii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeum isolated from hot alkaline springs of Iceland.</article-title>
          <year>1997</year>
          <volume>20</volume>
          <fpage>102</fpage>
          <lpage>110</lpage>
          <source id="121">Systematic and Applied Microbiology</source>
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          <issn>0723-2020</issn>
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            <surname>List Editor</surname>
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        <article-title>Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. List No. 62.</article-title>
        <year>1997</year>
        <volume>47</volume>
        <issue>3</issue>
        <fpage>915</fpage>
        <lpage>916</lpage>
        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
        <issn>0020-7713</issn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/00207713-47-3-915</pub-id>
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    <reference id="rid.4937">
      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Hensel</surname>
            <given-names>R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Matussek</surname>
            <given-names>K.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Michalke</surname>
            <given-names>K.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Tacke</surname>
            <given-names>L.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Tindall</surname>
            <given-names>B.J.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Kohlhoff</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Siebers</surname>
            <given-names>B.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Dielenschneider</surname>
            <given-names>J.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Sulfophobococcus zilligii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeum isolated from hot alkaline springs of Iceland.</article-title>
        <year>1997</year>
        <volume>20</volume>
        <fpage>102</fpage>
        <lpage>110</lpage>
        <source id="121">Systematic and Applied Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Syst Appl Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>0723-2020</issn>
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    <curatorial-note>Hensel et al. 1997 states that Sulfophobococcus has high similarity with members of the genus Desulfurococcus and therefore it is placed within Desulfurococcaceae</curatorial-note>
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