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A natural classification

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

    CARL R. WOESE

  2. Botanisches Institut, Universität München, 8000, München, 19, Germany

    OTTO KANDLER

  3. Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    MARK L. WHEELIS

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