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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31768" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.31768" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.31768">Didymococcus colitermitum</identifier>
        <authority>(Wertz et al. 2012) Wertz et al. 2017 emend. Tegtmeier et al. 2018</authority>
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      <citation citation-type="journal">
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Wertz</surname>
            <given-names>J.T.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Kim</surname>
            <given-names>E.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Breznak</surname>
            <given-names>J.A.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Schmidt</surname>
            <given-names>T.M.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Rodrigues</surname>
            <given-names>J.L.M.</given-names>
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        <article-title>Genomic and physiological characterization of the Verrucomicrobia isolate Diplosphaera colitermitum gen. nov., sp. nov., reveals microaerophily and nitrogen fixation genes.</article-title>
        <year>2012</year>
        <volume>78</volume>
        <issue>5</issue>
        <fpage>1544</fpage>
        <lpage>55</lpage>
        <source id="228">Applied and Environmental Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Appl Environ Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>0099-2240</issn>
        <essn>1098-5336</essn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1128/AEM.06466-11</pub-id>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">22194293</pub-id>
      </citation>
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    <snapshot date="2024-04-22" date-formatted="April 22, 2024" time="22:00:14" time-formatted="22:00 PM" />
    <modified curator="Charles Parker" date="2018-07-11" date-formatted="July 11, 2018" time="16:14:34" time-formatted="16:14 PM" />
    <created curator="Charles Parker" date="2018-04-30" date-formatted="April 30, 2018" time="18:48:04" time-formatted="18:48 PM" />
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