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        <authority>Kalyuzhnaya et al. 2006 emend. Lv et al. 2020</authority>
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        <authority>Yordy and Weaver 1977 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Urakami and Komagata 1986</authority>
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        <authority>Sheu et al. 2019</authority>
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        <authority>Govorukhina and Trotsenko 1991 emend. Doronina et al. 2005</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17556" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17556">Methylovorus sp.</identifier>
        <authority>None 2015</authority>
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        <authority>Doronina et al. 2001 emend. Doronina et al. 2005</authority>
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        <volume>41</volume>
        <issue>1</issue>
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