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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.8249" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.8249" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.8249">Flexibacter flexilis</identifier>
          <authority>Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. García-López et al. 2019</authority>
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                  <surname>McGowan</surname>
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                  <surname>Sneath</surname>
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              <article-title>Approved Lists of Bacterial Names</article-title>
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              <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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