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                <surname>Venkata Ramana</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Spröer</surname>
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                <surname>Sasikala</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Ramana</surname>
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            <article-title>Rhodobacter megalophilus sp. nov., a phototroph from the Indian Himalayas possessing a wide temperature range for growth.</article-title>
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            <article-title>Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter.</article-title>
            <year>2019</year>
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            <source id="1354">Frontiers in Microbiology</source>
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