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                        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.824" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.824" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.824">Azospirillum amazonense</identifier>
                        <authority>Magalhães et al. 1984</authority>
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          <authority>Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Falk et al. 1985</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.822" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <authority>Xie and Yokota 2005</authority>
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          <authority>Peng et al. 2006</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.14195" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.14195" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.14195">Azospirillum picis</identifier>
          <authority>Lin et al. 2009</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17633" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17633">Azospirillum sp.</identifier>
          <authority>None 2015</authority>
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          <authority>Lavrinenko et al. 2010 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum thiophilum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.20274" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24349" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24349" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24349">Azospirillum humicireducens</identifier>
          <authority>Zhou et al. 2013</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.827" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.827" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.827">Azospirillum halopraeferens</identifier>
          <authority>Reinhold et al. 1987</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.825" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.825" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.825">Azospirillum brasilense</identifier>
          <authority>Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum brasilense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.825" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.11663" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.829" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.829">Azospirillum largomobile</identifier>
          <authority>(sic) (Skerman et al. 1983) Ben Dekhil et al. 1997</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.829" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.829" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.829">Azospirillum largimobile</identifier>
          <authority>corrig. (Skerman et al. 1983) Ben Dekhil et al. 1997</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.828" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.828" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.828">Azospirillum irakense</identifier>
          <authority>Khammas et al. 1991</authority>
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          <authority>Mehnaz et al. 2007</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13228" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13228" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13228">Azospirillum rugosum</identifier>
          <authority>Young et al. 2008</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23025" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23025" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23025">Azospirillum formosense</identifier>
          <authority>Lin et al. 2012</authority>
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          <authority>Lin et al. 2016</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.11545" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.11545" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.11545">Azospirillum zeae</identifier>
          <authority>Mehnaz et al. 2007</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.823" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.823" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.823">Azospirillum lipoferum</identifier>
          <authority>(Beijerinck 1925) Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
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          <authority>Lin et al. 2013</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27869" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27869" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27869">Azospirillum soli</identifier>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34408" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.34408" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34408">Azospirillum ramasamyi</identifier>
          <authority>Anandham et al. 2019</authority>
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