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              <person-name>
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                <given-names>K.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Hanada</surname>
                <given-names>S.</given-names>
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                <surname>Kamagata</surname>
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            <abbrev>Int J Syst Evol Microbiol</abbrev>
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            <essn>1466-5034</essn>
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                <surname>Mavromatis</surname>
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            <article-title>The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata</article-title>
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