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      <citation citation-type="book">
        <authors>
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            <surname>Garrity</surname>
            <given-names>G.M.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Bell</surname>
            <given-names>J.A.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Lilburn</surname>
            <given-names>T.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <editors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Garrity</surname>
            <given-names>G.M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Brenner</surname>
            <given-names>D.J.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Krieg</surname>
            <given-names>N.R.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Staley</surname>
            <given-names>J.T.</given-names>
          </person-name>
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        <article-title>Family II. Thermithiobacillaceae fam. nov.</article-title>
        <year>2005</year>
        <volume>2, Part B</volume>
        <edition>2</edition>
        <fpage>62</fpage>
        <source id="1174">Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <publisher-name>Springer</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>New York</publisher-loc>
        <isbn>0387241442</isbn>
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