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- 32
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- 8
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- 533-542
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Karl Heinz Schleifer
(2009).
Classification of Bacteria and Archaea: Past, present and future.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology
, 32
(8)
, 533-542.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2009.09.002
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- 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.09.002