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          <authority>L'Haridon et al. 2021</authority>
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              <surname>Zhilina</surname>
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            <person-name>
              <surname>Hummel</surname>
              <given-names>P.</given-names>
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          <year>1991</year>
          <volume>41</volume>
          <issue>4</issue>
          <fpage>558</fpage>
          <lpage>562</lpage>
          <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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              <surname>Mathrani</surname>
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              <surname>Boone</surname>
              <given-names>D.R.</given-names>
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            <person-name>
              <surname>Mah</surname>
              <given-names>R.A.</given-names>
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            <person-name>
              <surname>Fox</surname>
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            <person-name>
              <surname>Lau</surname>
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          <article-title>Methanohalophilus zhilinae sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, halophilic, methylotrophic methanogen.</article-title>
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          <lpage>142</lpage>
          <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
          <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
          <issn>0020-7713</issn>
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            <person-name>
              <surname>Paterek</surname>
              <given-names>J.R.</given-names>
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            <person-name>
              <surname>Smith</surname>
              <given-names>P.H.</given-names>
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          <article-title>Methanohalophilus mahii gen. nov., sp. nov., a methylotrophic halophilic methanogen.</article-title>
          <year>1988</year>
          <volume>38</volume>
          <issue>1</issue>
          <fpage>122</fpage>
          <lpage>123</lpage>
          <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
          <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
          <issn>0020-7713</issn>
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