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Volume 45, Issue 3

Classification of in a New Genus, gen. nov., as comb. nov. Free

Abstract

Recent studies of have demonstrated clearly the phenotypic and genotypic differences between this microorganism and other species belonging to the genus Therefore, classification of in a new genus, gen. nov., is proposed.

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