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        <authority>None 2015</authority>
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                        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.21132" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.21132">Methylocystis sp.</identifier>
                        <authority>None 2015</authority>
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        <name-status-group>
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          <authority>(ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Belova et al. 2013</authority>
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        <name-status-group>
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          <authority>(ex Wittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylocystis parvus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1430" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <authority>Lindner et al. 2007</authority>
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          <authority>(ex Gal'chenko et al. 1977) Bowman et al. 1993</authority>
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          <authority>Belova et al. 2013</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10862" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10862" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10862">Methylocystis heyeri</identifier>
          <authority>Dedysh et al. 2007</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylocystis heyeri" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.10862" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.42066" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.42066" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.42066">Methylocystis silviterrae</identifier>
          <authority>Tikhonova et al. 2021</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylocystis silviterrae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.42066" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.21132" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.21132">Methylocystis sp.</identifier>
            <authority>None 2015</authority>
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                <person-name>
                  <surname>Liolios</surname>
                  <given-names>K.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Chen</surname>
                  <given-names>I.M.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Mavromatis</surname>
                  <given-names>K.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Tavernarakis</surname>
                  <given-names>N.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Hugenholtz</surname>
                  <given-names>P.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Markowitz</surname>
                  <given-names>V.M.</given-names>
                </person-name>
                <person-name>
                  <surname>Kyrpides</surname>
                  <given-names>N.C.</given-names>
                </person-name>
              </authors>
              <article-title>The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata</article-title>
              <year>2010</year>
              <volume>38</volume>
              <fpage>D346</fpage>
              <lpage>354</lpage>
              <source id="1178">Nucleic Acids Research</source>
              <abbrev>Nucleic Acids Res.</abbrev>
              <issn>0305-1048</issn>
              <essn>1362-4962</essn>
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