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      <citation citation-type="journal">
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Sun</surname>
            <given-names>L.</given-names>
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            <surname>Toyonaga</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Ohashi</surname>
            <given-names>A.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Matsuura</surname>
            <given-names>N.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Tourlousse</surname>
            <given-names>D.M.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Meng</surname>
            <given-names>X.Y.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Tamaki</surname>
            <given-names>H.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Hanada</surname>
            <given-names>S.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Cruz</surname>
            <given-names>R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Yamaguchi</surname>
            <given-names>T.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Sekiguchi</surname>
            <given-names>Y.</given-names>
          </person-name>
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        <article-title>Isolation and characterization of Flexilinea flocculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous, anaerobic bacterium belonging to the class Anaerolineae in the phylum Chloroflexi</article-title>
        <year>2016</year>
        <volume>66</volume>
        <issue>2</issue>
        <fpage>988</fpage>
        <lpage>996</lpage>
        <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Evol Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>1466-5026</issn>
        <essn>1466-5034</essn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/ijsem.0.000822</pub-id>
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