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            <article-title>16S rDNA-based phylogeny of the archeal order Sulfolobus and reclassification of Desulfurolobus ambivalens as Acidianus ambivalens comb. nov.</article-title>
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            <article-title>Validation List no. 57.  Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB.</article-title>
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