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hydrolase protein sequences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. Jan;34(1):15-28.
09 - P. Jourand, E. Giraud, G. Béna, A. Sy, A. Willems, M. Gillis, B. Dreyfus and P. de Lajudie.
2004. Methylobacterium nodulans sp. nov., for a group of aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic,
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dipterocarp trees was ectomycorrhizal before the India-Madagascar separation, about 88 million years
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05 - Béna, G. Molecular phylogeny supports the morphological based taxonomic transfer of the
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