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                <surname>Kennedy</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Rudnick</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>MacDonald</surname>
                <given-names>M.L.</given-names>
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                <surname>Melton</surname>
                <given-names>T.</given-names>
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                <surname>Garrity</surname>
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                <surname>Staley</surname>
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            <article-title>Genus III. Azotobacter Beijerinck 1901, 567AL</article-title>
            <year>2005</year>
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            <article-title>Approved Lists of Bacterial Names</article-title>
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            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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