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              <article-title>Transfer of the type species of the genus Methanococcus to the genus Methanosarcina naming it Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) comb. nov. et emend. and conservation of the genus Methanococcus (Approved List 1980) with Methanococcus vannielii (Approved List 1980) as the type species: Request for an Opinion.</article-title>
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