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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.0" rank="root" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.0">Universal Root</identifier>
        <authority>Woese et al. 1990</authority>
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            <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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            <authority>corrig. Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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              <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.809" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1248" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1251" rank="class" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.809">Alphaproteobacteria</identifier>
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                <authority>Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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                  <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.36601" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.822" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.823" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.36601">Azospirillaceae</identifier>
                  <authority>Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.36601" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.822" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.823" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.823" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.822">Azospirillum</identifier>
                    <authority>Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Falk et al. 1985</authority>
                    <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.822" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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                      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.823" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.823" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.823">Azospirillum lipoferum</identifier>
                      <authority>(Beijerinck 1925) Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
                      <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum lipoferum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.823" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.822" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.823" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.823" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.822">Azospirillum</identifier>
        <authority>Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Falk et al. 1985</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.822" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9519" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9519" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9519">Azospirillum oryzae</identifier>
        <authority>Xie and Yokota 2005</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum oryzae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.9519" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10105" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10105" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10105">Azospirillum melinis</identifier>
        <authority>Peng et al. 2006</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum melinis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.10105" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.14195" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.14195" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.14195">Azospirillum picis</identifier>
        <authority>Lin et al. 2009</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum picis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.14195" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17633" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17633">Azospirillum sp.</identifier>
        <authority>None 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum sp." current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.17633" illegitimate="true" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.20274" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.20274" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.20274" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.20274">Azospirillum thiophilum</identifier>
        <authority>Lavrinenko et al. 2010 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum thiophilum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.20274" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24349" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24349" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24349">Azospirillum humicireducens</identifier>
        <authority>Zhou et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum humicireducens" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24349" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.827" rank="species">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.827" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.827" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.827">Azospirillum halopraeferens</identifier>
        <authority>Reinhold et al. 1987</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum halopraeferens" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.827" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.825" rank="species">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.825" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.825" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.825">Azospirillum brasilense</identifier>
        <authority>Tarrand et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum brasilense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.825" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.11663" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.829" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.829">Azospirillum largomobile</identifier>
        <authority>(sic) (Skerman et al. 1983) Ben Dekhil et al. 1997</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum largimobile" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.829" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.829" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.829" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.829">Azospirillum largimobile</identifier>
        <authority>corrig. (Skerman et al. 1983) Ben Dekhil et al. 1997</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum largimobile" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.829" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.828" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.828" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.828">Azospirillum irakense</identifier>
        <authority>Khammas et al. 1991</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Niveispirillum irakense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25480" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.10606" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10606" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10606" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10606">Azospirillum canadense</identifier>
        <authority>Mehnaz et al. 2007</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum canadense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.10606" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.824" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.824" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.824">Azospirillum amazonense</identifier>
        <authority>Magalhães et al. 1984</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Nitrospirillum amazonense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25482" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13228" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13228" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13228">Azospirillum rugosum</identifier>
        <authority>Young et al. 2008</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23025" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23025" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23025">Azospirillum formosense</identifier>
        <authority>Lin et al. 2012</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.826" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.826" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.826">Azospirillum doebereinerae</identifier>
        <authority>Eckert et al. 2001</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum doebereinerae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.826" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28314" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.28314" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.28314">Azospirillum agricola</identifier>
        <authority>Lin et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum agricola" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28314" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.11545" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.11545" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.11545">Azospirillum zeae</identifier>
        <authority>Mehnaz et al. 2007</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum zeae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.11545" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24605" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24605" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24605">Azospirillum fermentarium</identifier>
        <authority>Lin et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Azospirillum fermentarium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24605" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27869" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27869" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27869">Azospirillum soli</identifier>
        <authority>Lin et al. 2015</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34408" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.34408" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34408">Azospirillum ramasamyi</identifier>
        <authority>Anandham et al. 2019</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.35507" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.35507" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.35507">Azospirillum palustre</identifier>
        <authority>Tikhonova et al. 2019</authority>
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