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        <authority>Woese et al. 1990</authority>
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          <authority>(None 2015) Woese et al. 1990</authority>
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            <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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            <authority>corrig. Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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            <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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              <authority>Garrity et al. 2006</authority>
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                <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1164" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1166" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2659" rank="order" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1164">Sphingomonadales</identifier>
                <authority>Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
                <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonadales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1164" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                  <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1165" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1166" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2659" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1165">Sphingomonadaceae</identifier>
                  <authority>Kosako et al. 2000 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonadaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1165" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1164" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1166" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2659" rank="order" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1164">Sphingomonadales</identifier>
        <authority>Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonadales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1164" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.14015" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1207" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1208" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.14015">Erythrobacteraceae</identifier>
        <authority>Lee et al. 2005 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Erythrobacteraceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.14015" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.36615" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.9841" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9840" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.36615">Sphingosinicellaceae</identifier>
        <authority>Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingosinicellaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.36615" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.36623" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1245" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1246" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.36623">Zymomonadaceae</identifier>
        <authority>Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Zymomonadaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.36623" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1245" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.11158" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1246" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1245">Zymomonas</identifier>
        <authority>Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Carr 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Zymomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1245" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1234" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1235" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1203" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1234">Sphingobium</identifier>
        <authority>Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Li et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingobium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1234" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <child doi="10.1601/tx.9841" rank="genus">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9841" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.9840" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9840" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9841">Sphingosinicella</identifier>
        <authority>Maruyama et al. 2006 emend. Qiao et al. 2019</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingosinicella" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.9841" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1232" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1233" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1233" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1232">Sandaracinobacter</identifier>
        <authority>Yurkov et al. 1997 emend. Lee et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sandaracinobacter" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1232" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1214" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1215" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1215" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1214">Erythromonas</identifier>
        <authority>Yurkov et al. 1997</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Blastomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1204" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <child doi="10.1601/tx.1216" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1216" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1217" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.8078" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1216">Novosphingobium</identifier>
        <authority>Takeuchi et al. 2001</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Novosphingobium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1216" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9994" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.9993" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9993" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9994">Sandarakinorhabdus</identifier>
        <authority>Gich and Overmann 2006 emend. Cai et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sandarakinorhabdus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.9994" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <child doi="10.1601/tx.1230" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1230" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1231" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1231" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1230">Rhizomonas</identifier>
        <authority>van Bruggen et al. 1990</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1166" illegitimate="true" is-current="false" rejected="true" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <child doi="10.1601/tx.1238" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1238" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1239" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1183" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1238">Sphingopyxis</identifier>
        <authority>Takeuchi et al. 2001 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingopyxis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1238" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <child doi="10.1601/tx.1204" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1204" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1205" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1477" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1204">Blastomonas</identifier>
        <authority>Sly and Cahill 1997 emend. Hiraishi et al. 2000</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Blastomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1204" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1166" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1167" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2659" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1166">Sphingomonas</identifier>
        <authority>Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Feng et al. 2017</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1166" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23110" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.23111" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23111" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23110">Sphingomicrobium</identifier>
        <authority>Kämpfer et al. 2012 emend. Shahina et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingomicrobium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23110" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <child doi="10.1601/tx.23336" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23336" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.23337" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23337" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23336">Parasphingopyxis</identifier>
        <authority>Uchida et al. 2012 emend. Jeong et al. 2017</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Parasphingopyxis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23336" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24027" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.24028" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24028" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24027">Sphingorhabdus</identifier>
        <authority>Jogler et al. 2013 emend. Feng et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Sphingorhabdus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24027" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25202" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.25203" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25203" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25202">Hephaestia</identifier>
        <authority>Felföldi et al. 2014</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Hephaestia" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25202" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25524" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.25525" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25525" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25524">Polymorphobacter</identifier>
        <authority>Fukuda et al. 2014 emend. Jia et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Polymorphobacter" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25524" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26248" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.26249" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26249" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26248">Parablastomonas</identifier>
        <authority>Ren et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Parablastomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.26248" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27305" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27306" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27306" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27305">Pacificamonas</identifier>
        <authority>(sic) Liu et al. 2016</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28101" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27306" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27306" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27305">Pacificimonas</identifier>
        <authority>corrig. Liu et al. 2016</authority>
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