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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.0" rank="root" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.0">Universal Root</identifier>
        <authority>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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                <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Hyphomicrobiales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.17934" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                  <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17943" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1484" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1485" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17943">Nitrobacteraceae</identifier>
                  <authority>Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Nitrobacteraceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.17943" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1493" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1494" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23245" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1493">Rhodopseudomonas</identifier>
                    <authority>Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1984</authority>
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                      <authority>van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1493" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1494" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23245" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1493">Rhodopseudomonas</identifier>
        <authority>Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1984</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="true" current-name="Rhodopseudomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1493" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1499" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1499" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1499">Rhodopseudomonas faecalis</identifier>
        <authority>Zhang et al. 2002</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodopseudomonas faecalis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1499" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1501" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1501" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1501">Rhodopseudomonas globiformis</identifier>
        <authority>Pfennig 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodopila globiformis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.938" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1500" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1500" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1500" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1500">Rhodopseudomonas gelatinosa</identifier>
        <authority>(Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rubrivivax gelatinosus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1852" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1496" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1496" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1496" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1496">Rhodopseudomonas adriatica</identifier>
        <authority>Neutzling et al. 1984</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodovulum adriaticum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1121" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.23245" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23245" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23245" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23245">Rhodopseudomonas pseudopalustris</identifier>
        <authority>Venkata Ramana et al. 2012 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 pro synon. Rhodopseudomonas palustris (Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Venkata Ramana et al. 2012</authority>
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1503" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1503" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1503">Rhodopseudomonas marina</identifier>
        <authority>Imhoff 1984</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Afifella marina" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.14222" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1495" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1495" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1495" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1495">Rhodopseudomonas acidophila</identifier>
        <authority>Pfennig 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodoblastus acidophilus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1492" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1497" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1497" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1497" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1497">Rhodopseudomonas blastica</identifier>
        <authority>Eckersley and Dow 1981</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Fuscovulum blasticum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.36432" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" 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.1508" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1508" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1508">Rhodopseudomonas sulfidophila</identifier>
        <authority>Hansen and Veldkamp 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodovulum sulfidophilum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1120" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.23243" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23243" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23243" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23243">Rhodopseudomonas parapalustris</identifier>
        <authority>Venkata Ramana et al. 2012</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodopseudomonas parapalustris" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23243" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23244" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23244" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23244">Rhodopseudomonas harwoodiae</identifier>
        <authority>Venkata Ramana et al. 2012</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodopseudomonas harwoodiae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23244" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23729" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23729" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23729">Rhodopseudomonas thermotolerans</identifier>
        <authority>Kumar et al. 2013</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1510" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1510" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1510">Rhodopseudomonas viridis</identifier>
        <authority>Drews and Giesbrecht 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Blastochloris viridis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1539" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1506" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1506" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1506">Rhodopseudomonas rutila</identifier>
        <authority>Akiba et al. 1983</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodopseudomonas rutila" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1506" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1502" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1502" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1502" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1502">Rhodopseudomonas julia</identifier>
        <authority>Kompantseva 1993</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodopseudomonas julia" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1502" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1498" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1498" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1498">Rhodopseudomonas capsulata</identifier>
        <authority>(Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodobacter capsulatus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1039" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.23728" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23728" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23728" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23728">Rhodopseudomonas pentothenatexigens</identifier>
        <authority>Kumar et al. 2013 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodopseudomonas pentothenatexigens" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23728" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1509" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1509" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1509">Rhodopseudomonas sulfoviridis</identifier>
        <authority>Keppen and Gorlenko 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Blastochloris sulfoviridis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1540" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1505" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1505" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1505">Rhodopseudomonas rosea</identifier>
        <authority>Janssen and Harfoot 1991</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodoplanes roseus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1567" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1504" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1504" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1504">Rhodopseudomonas rhenobacensis</identifier>
        <authority>Hougardy et al. 2000</authority>
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1494" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23245" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1494">Rhodopseudomonas palustris</identifier>
        <authority>(Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Venkata Ramana et al. 2012</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhodopseudomonas palustris" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1494" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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