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          <authority>Kang et al. 2013</authority>
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          <authority>Abaydulla et al. 2014</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9384" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.9383" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9383" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9384">Adhaeribacter</identifier>
          <authority>Rickard et al. 2005</authority>
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          <authority>Han et al. 2019</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.42380" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.42381" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.42381" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.42380">Sabulibacter</identifier>
          <authority>Lian et al. 2022</authority>
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          <authority>Xu et al. 2012</authority>
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          <authority>Subhash et al. 2013</authority>
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          <authority>Singh et al. 2014 emend. García-López et al. 2019</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pontibacter indicus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24998" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <authority>Subhash et al. 2014</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pontibacter deserti" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25249" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26911" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26911" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26911">Pontibacter chinhatensis</identifier>
          <authority>Singh et al. 2015</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10956" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10956" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10956">Pontibacter akesuensis</identifier>
          <authority>Zhou et al. 2007 emend. Zhang et al. 2013</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.20296" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.20296" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.20296">Pontibacter niistensis</identifier>
          <authority>Dastager et al. 2010</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24382" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24382" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24382">Pontibacter ramchanderi</identifier>
          <authority>Singh et al. 2013 emend. García-López et al. 2019</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pontibacter ramchanderi" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24382" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25243" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25243" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25243">Pontibacter yuliensis</identifier>
          <authority>Cao et al. 2014</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pontibacter yuliensis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25243" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25475" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25475" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25475">Pontibacter diazotrophicus</identifier>
          <authority>Xu et al. 2014</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pontibacter diazotrophicus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25475" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26433" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26433" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26433">Pontibacter humi</identifier>
          <authority>Srinivasan et al. 2015</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23751" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23751" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23751">Pontibacter lucknowensis</identifier>
          <authority>Dwivedi et al. 2013</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pontibacter lucknowensis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23751" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23819" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23819" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23819">Pontibacter saemangeumensis</identifier>
          <authority>Kang et al. 2013</authority>
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          <authority>Dai et al. 2014</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27555" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27555" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27555">Pontibacter jeungdoensis</identifier>
          <authority>Joung et al. 2013</authority>
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