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        <authority>Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018</authority>
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        <authority>None 2015</authority>
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        <authority>Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009</authority>
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        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Garrity</surname>
            <given-names>G.M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Holt</surname>
            <given-names>J.G.</given-names>
          </person-name>
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        <editors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Garrity</surname>
            <given-names>G.M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Boone</surname>
            <given-names>D.R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Castenholz</surname>
            <given-names>R.W.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </editors>
        <article-title>Taxonomic Outline of the Archaea and Bacteria.</article-title>
        <year>2001</year>
        <volume>1</volume>
        <edition>2</edition>
        <fpage>155</fpage>
        <lpage>166</lpage>
        <source id="529">Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <publisher-name>Springer</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>New York</publisher-loc>
      </citation>
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    <modified curator="Charles Parker" date="2017-01-23" date-formatted="January 23, 2017" time="19:13:32" time-formatted="19:13 PM" />
    <created curator="Dorothea Rohlfs" date="2010-08-10" date-formatted="August 10, 2010" time="14:48:41" time-formatted="14:48 PM" />
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