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            <article-title>Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae.</article-title>
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                <surname>Yoon</surname>
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            <article-title>Altererythrobacter confluentis sp. nov., isolated from water of an estuary environment</article-title>
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