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        <authority>(sic) Takeda et al. 2004</authority>
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        <authority>corrig. Takeda et al. 2004</authority>
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        <authority>Brenner et al. 1992 emend. La Scola et al. 2002</authority>
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        <authority>Das et al. 1996 emend. La Scola et al. 2003</authority>
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        <authority>Liu et al. 2010</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1490" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1490" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1490">Oligotropha carboxidovorans</identifier>
        <authority>(ex Meyer and Schlegel 1978) Meyer et al. 1994</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Afipia carboxidovorans" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.36659" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="true" status-code="VP" />
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            <surname>Stackebrandt</surname>
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            <surname>Auling</surname>
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        <year>1993</year>
        <volume>16</volume>
        <fpage>390</fpage>
        <lpage>395</lpage>
        <source id="121">Systematic and Applied Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Syst Appl Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>0723-2020</issn>
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        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Lee</surname>
            <given-names>K.B.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Liu</surname>
            <given-names>C.T.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Anzai</surname>
            <given-names>Y.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Kim</surname>
            <given-names>H.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Aono</surname>
            <given-names>T.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Oyaizu</surname>
            <given-names>H.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov.</article-title>
        <year>2005</year>
        <volume>55</volume>
        <issue>5</issue>
        <fpage>1907</fpage>
        <lpage>1919</lpage>
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        <abbrev>Int J Syst Evol Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>1466-5026</issn>
        <essn>1466-5034</essn>
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