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        <authority>Lee et al. 2005 emend. Kevbrin et al. 2021</authority>
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      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Hördt</surname>
            <given-names>A.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>García-López</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Meier-Kolthoff</surname>
            <given-names>J.P.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Tindall</surname>
            <given-names>B.J.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Weinhold</surname>
            <given-names>L.-M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Gronow</surname>
            <given-names>S.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Kyrpides</surname>
            <given-names>N.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Woyke</surname>
            <given-names>T.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Schleuning</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Göker</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes
Substantially Improves Taxonomic
Classification of Alphaproteobacteria</article-title>
        <year>2020</year>
        <volume>11</volume>
        <fpage>468</fpage>
        <source id="1354">Frontiers in Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Front. Microbio.</abbrev>
        <essn>1664-302X</essn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468</pub-id>
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      </citation>
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