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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.11631" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2109" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2109">Nitrosococcus oceanus</identifier>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Sneath</surname>
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            <article-title>Approved Lists of Bacterial Names</article-title>
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            <fpage>225</fpage>
            <lpage>420</lpage>
            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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        <lpage>270</lpage>
        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
        <issn>0020-7713</issn>
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