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            <authority>corrig. Gibbons and Murray 2021</authority>
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              <authority>Marchandin et al. 2010</authority>
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                <authority>Campbell et al. 2015</authority>
                <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Veillonellales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.27271" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Veillonellaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.14410" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.14410" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4445" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4446" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.14410">Veillonellaceae</identifier>
        <authority>Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Campbell et al. 2015</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4445" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.11125" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4446" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4445">Veillonella</identifier>
        <authority>Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Aujoulat et al. 2014</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Veillonella" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4445" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.19299" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.19300" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.19300" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.19299">Negativicoccus</identifier>
        <authority>Marchandin et al. 2010</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Negativicoccus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.19299" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4377" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4378" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4378" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4377">Allisonella</identifier>
        <authority>Garner et al. 2003</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4381" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4382" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4382" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4381">Anaeroglobus</identifier>
        <authority>Carlier et al. 2002</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Anaeroglobus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4381" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4417" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4418" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4418" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4417">Quinella</identifier>
        <authority>Krumholz et al. 1993</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4395" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.4396" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.7976" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4395">Dialister</identifier>
        <authority>(ex Bergey et al. 1923) Moore and Moore 1994 emend. Morotomi et al. 2008</authority>
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10434" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.11042" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.11042" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10434">Sporotalea</identifier>
        <authority>Boga et al. 2007</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.14841" rank="genus">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.14841" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.14842" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.14842" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.14841">Sporolituus</identifier>
        <authority>Ogg and Patel 2009</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10416" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.10940" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10940" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10416">Pelosinus</identifier>
        <authority>Shelobolina et al. 2007 emend. Moe et al. 2012</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4400" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4400" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4400">Megasphaera cerevisiae</identifier>
        <authority>Engelmann and Weiss 1986</authority>
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4399" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4399" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4399">Megasphaera elsdenii</identifier>
        <authority>(Gutierrez et al. 1959) Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Megasphaera elsdenii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.4399" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.4401" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.4401" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.4401">Megasphaera micronuciformis</identifier>
        <authority>Marchandin et al. 2003</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9963" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9963" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9963">Megasphaera paucivorans</identifier>
        <authority>Juvonen and Suihko 2006</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9964" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9964" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9964">Megasphaera sueciensis</identifier>
        <authority>Juvonen and Suihko 2006</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.22442" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.22442">Megasphaera sp.</identifier>
        <authority>None 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Megasphaera sp." current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.22442" illegitimate="true" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25619" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25619" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25619">Megasphaera indica</identifier>
        <authority>Lanjekar et al. 2014</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Megasphaera indica" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25619" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.30405" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.30405" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.30405">Megasphaera hexanoica</identifier>
        <authority>Jeon et al. 2017</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24652" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24652" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24652">Megasphaera massiliensis</identifier>
        <authority>Padmanabhan et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Megasphaera massiliensis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24652" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33049" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.33049" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33049">Megasphaera stantonii</identifier>
        <authority>Maki and Looft 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Megasphaera stantonii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.33049" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <authority>Srinivasan et al. 2021</authority>
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        <authority>Srinivasan et al. 2021</authority>
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