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                <surname>Künzel</surname>
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                <surname>Neulinger</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Meyer</surname>
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            <article-title>Comparative Genome Analysis of the Photosynthetic Betaproteobacteria of the Genus Rhodocyclus: Heterogeneity within Strains Assigned to Rhodocyclus tenuis and Description of Rhodocyclus gracilis sp. nov. as a New Species.</article-title>
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            <article-title>Validation List No. 207. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published</article-title>
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            <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
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