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        <authority>Huber et al. 1998</authority>
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        <authority>Jochimsen et al. 1998</authority>
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        <authority>Zillig et al. 1983 emend. Perevalova et al. 2005</authority>
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        <authority>Kochetkova et al. 2016</authority>
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        <authority>Stetter 2003</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.37071" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.37072" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.37072" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.37071">Zestosphaera</identifier>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.50" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.50" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.50">Sulfophobococcus zilligii</identifier>
        <authority>Hensel et al. 1997</authority>
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    <reference id="rid.4937">
      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Hensel</surname>
            <given-names>R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Matussek</surname>
            <given-names>K.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Michalke</surname>
            <given-names>K.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Tacke</surname>
            <given-names>L.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Tindall</surname>
            <given-names>B.J.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Kohlhoff</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Siebers</surname>
            <given-names>B.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Dielenschneider</surname>
            <given-names>J.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Sulfophobococcus zilligii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeum isolated from hot alkaline springs of Iceland.</article-title>
        <year>1997</year>
        <volume>20</volume>
        <fpage>102</fpage>
        <lpage>110</lpage>
        <source id="121">Systematic and Applied Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Syst Appl Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>0723-2020</issn>
      </citation>
    </reference>
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    <modified curator="Sarah Wigley" date="2009-04-20" date-formatted="April 20, 2009" time="14:51:57" time-formatted="14:51 PM" />
    <created curator="Sarah Wigley" date="2009-04-20" date-formatted="April 20, 2009" time="14:51:57" time-formatted="14:51 PM" />
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