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      <authority>Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Wang et al. 2016</authority>
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      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2108" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2108" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2108">Nitrosococcus nitrosus</identifier>
      <authority>(Migula 1900) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
      <status candidatus="false" conserved="true" current-name="Nitrosococcus nitrosus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2108" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <related-taxon accession="1227" nomos="NCBI Taxonomy" rank="genus" relation="exactMatch" />
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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>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Universal Root" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.0" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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        <name-status-group>
          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.419" rank="domain" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.419">Bacteria</identifier>
          <authority>(None 2015) Woese et al. 1990</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Bacteria" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.419" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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      <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.808" rank="phylum">
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          <name-status-group>
            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.808" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Proteobacteria</identifier>
            <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
            <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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          <name-status-group>
            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.40185" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Pseudomonadota</identifier>
            <authority>corrig. Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
            <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31608" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Alphaproteobacteriota</identifier>
            <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
            <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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        <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2068" rank="class">
          <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
            <name-status-group>
              <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2068" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2550" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="class" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2068">Gammaproteobacteria</identifier>
              <authority>Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013</authority>
              <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Gammaproteobacteria" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2068" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2069" rank="order">
            <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
              <name-status-group>
                <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2069" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2071" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2072" rank="order" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2069">Chromatiales</identifier>
                <authority>Imhoff 2005</authority>
                <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Chromatiales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2069" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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            <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2070" rank="family">
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                  <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2070" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2071" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2072" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2070">Chromatiaceae</identifier>
                  <authority>Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017</authority>
                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Chromatiaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2070" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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              <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2107" rank="genus">
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                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2107" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2108" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2108" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2107">Nitrosococcus</identifier>
                    <authority>Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Wang et al. 2016</authority>
                    <status candidatus="false" conserved="true" current-name="Nitrosococcus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2107" 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.2070" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2071" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2072" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2070">Chromatiaceae</identifier>
        <authority>Bavendamm 1924 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sisinthy et al. 2017</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Chromatiaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2070" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2146" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2146" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2147" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.18150" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2146">Thiopedia</identifier>
        <authority>Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiopedia" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2146" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    </nomenclature>
  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2130" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2130" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2131" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2128" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2130">Thiococcus</identifier>
        <authority>Imhoff et al. 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiococcus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2130" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    </nomenclature>
  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2114" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2114" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2115" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2115" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2114">Rheinheimera</identifier>
        <authority>Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Hayashi et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rheinheimera" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2114" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    </nomenclature>
  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2121" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2121" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2122" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2122" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2121">Thiobaca</identifier>
        <authority>Rees et al. 2002</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiobaca" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2121" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
      </name-status-group>
    </nomenclature>
  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2148" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2148" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2149" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2149" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2148">Thiorhodococcus</identifier>
        <authority>Guyoneaud et al. 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiorhodococcus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2148" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    </nomenclature>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2117" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2117" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2118" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2080" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2117">Thermochromatium</identifier>
        <authority>Imhoff et al. 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thermochromatium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2117" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    </nomenclature>
  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2089" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2089" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2090" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2090" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2089">Amoebobacter</identifier>
        <authority>Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiocapsa" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2123" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2119" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10348" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2120" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2120" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2119">Thialkalicoccus</identifier>
        <authority>(sic) Bryantseva et al. 2000</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thioalkalicoccus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2119" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2119" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2120" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2120" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2119">Thioalkalicoccus</identifier>
        <authority>(sic) Bryantseva et al. 2000</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thioalkalicoccus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2119" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2152" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2153" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2153" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2152">Thiospirillum</identifier>
        <authority>Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiospirillum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2152" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2112" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2112" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2113" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2113" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2112">Rhabdochromatium</identifier>
        <authority>(ex Winogradsky 1888) Dilling et al. 1996</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Rhabdochromatium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2112" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="true" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.13165" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13165" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.13793" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13793" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13165">Thiophaeococcus</identifier>
        <authority>Anil Kumar et al. 2008</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiophaeococcus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.13165" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.17819" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17819" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.17820" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.17820" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17819">Gallaecimonas</identifier>
        <authority>Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Gallaecimonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.17819" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.23297" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23297" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.23298" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.18634" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23297">Phaeochromatium</identifier>
        <authority>Shivalia et al. 2012</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Phaeochromatium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23297" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.26930" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26930" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.26931" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26931" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26930">Phaeobacterium</identifier>
        <authority>Nupur et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Phaeobacterium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.26930" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.27126" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27126" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27127" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27127" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27126">Arsukibacterium</identifier>
        <authority>Schmidt et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Arsukibacterium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.27126" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2137" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2137" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2138" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2138" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2137">Thiodictyon</identifier>
        <authority>Winogradsky 1888 emend. Pfennig and Trüper 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiodictyon" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2137" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2123" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2123" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2124" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2124" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2123">Thiocapsa</identifier>
        <authority>Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Guyoneaud et al. 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiocapsa" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2123" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    </nomenclature>
  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2155" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2155" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2156" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2156" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2155">Ectothiorhodospira</identifier>
        <authority>Pelsh 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Ectothiorhodospira" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2155" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2101" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2101" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2102" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2102" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2101">Lamprocystis</identifier>
        <authority>Schroeter 1886 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff 2001</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Lamprocystis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2101" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    </nomenclature>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2132" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2132" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2133" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2133" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2132">Thiocystis</identifier>
        <authority>Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Imhoff et al. 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Thiocystis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2132" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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