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                <surname>Coenye</surname>
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            <article-title>Taxonomy of the genus Cupriavidus: a tale of lost and found.</article-title>
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            <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
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            <year>2004</year>
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