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                <given-names>P.</given-names>
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                <given-names>K.</given-names>
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                <surname>De Baere</surname>
                <given-names>T.</given-names>
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            <article-title>Kerstersia similis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples</article-title>
            <year>2012</year>
            <volume>62</volume>
            <issue>9</issue>
            <fpage>2156</fpage>
            <lpage>2159</lpage>
            <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
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                <surname>Coenye</surname>
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                <surname>Cnockaert</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Falsen</surname>
                <given-names>E.</given-names>
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                <surname>Swings</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Vandamme</surname>
                <given-names>P.</given-names>
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            <article-title>Kerstersia gyiorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Alcaligenes faecalis-like organism isolated from human clinical samples, and reclassification of Alcaligenes denitrificans Rüger and Tan 1983 as Achromobacter denitrificans comb. nov.</article-title>
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            <lpage>1831</lpage>
            <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
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            <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/ijs.0.02609-0</pub-id>
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