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                <surname>Skerman</surname>
                <given-names>V.B.D.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>McGowan</surname>
                <given-names>V.</given-names>
              </person-name>
              <person-name>
                <surname>Sneath</surname>
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            <article-title>Approved Lists of Bacterial Names</article-title>
            <year>1980</year>
            <volume>30</volume>
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            <fpage>225</fpage>
            <lpage>420</lpage>
            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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                <given-names>J.F.</given-names>
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                <surname>Süling</surname>
                <given-names>J.</given-names>
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                <surname>Petri</surname>
                <given-names>R.</given-names>
              </person-name>
            </authors>
            <article-title>Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium.</article-title>
            <year>1998</year>
            <volume>48</volume>
            <issue>4</issue>
            <fpage>1129</fpage>
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            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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            <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/00207713-48-4-1129</pub-id>
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                <given-names>K.</given-names>
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                <given-names>I.M.</given-names>
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                <given-names>K.</given-names>
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                <surname>Tavernarakis</surname>
                <given-names>N.</given-names>
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                <surname>Hugenholtz</surname>
                <given-names>P.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Markowitz</surname>
                <given-names>V.M.</given-names>
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                <surname>Kyrpides</surname>
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            <volume>38</volume>
            <fpage>D346</fpage>
            <lpage>354</lpage>
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            <abbrev>Nucleic Acids Res.</abbrev>
            <issn>0305-1048</issn>
            <essn>1362-4962</essn>
            <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1093/nar/gkp848</pub-id>
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        <curatorial-note>The DSM accession number cited in the paper by Imoff et al. (1998) rid.7337 is wrong. It should be DSM 198.</curatorial-note>
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            <surname>Petri</surname>
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        <article-title>Phylogenetic relationships among the Chromatiaceae, their taxonomic reclassification and description of the new genera Allochromatium, Halochromatium, Isochromatium, Marichromatium, Thiococcus, Thiohalocapsa and Thermochromatium.</article-title>
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