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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.94" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.95" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.95" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.94">Methanobacterium</identifier>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.115" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.115" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.115">Methanobacterium wolfei</identifier>
          <authority>Winter et al. 1985</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.8696" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.8696" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.8696">Methanobacterium beijingense</identifier>
          <authority>Ma et al. 2005</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.112" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.112" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.112">Methanobacterium thermoformicicum</identifier>
          <authority>Zhilina and Ilarionov 1986</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanobacterium thermoformicicum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.112" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.19737" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.19737">Methanobacterium sp.</identifier>
          <authority>None 2015</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanobacterium sp." current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.19737" illegitimate="true" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25088" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25088" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25088">Methanobacterium movilense</identifier>
          <authority>Schirmack et al. 2014</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.109" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.109" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.109">Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum</identifier>
          <authority>corrig. Blotevogel et al. 1988</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.109" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.12209" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.109" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.109">Methanobacterium thermoalcaliphilum</identifier>
          <authority>(sic) Blotevogel et al. 1988</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.109" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.96" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.96" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.96">Methanobacterium alcaliphilum</identifier>
          <authority>Worakit et al. 1986</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanobacterium alcaliphilum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.96" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.101" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.101" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.101">Methanobacterium espanolae</identifier>
          <authority>Patel et al. 1990</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.108" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.108" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.108">Methanobacterium thermaggregans</identifier>
          <authority>corrig. Blotevogel and Fischer 1988</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.12208" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.108" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.108">Methanobacterium thermoaggregans</identifier>
          <authority>(sic) Blotevogel and Fischer 1988</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.16844" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.16844" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.16844">Methanobacterium veterum</identifier>
          <authority>Krivushin et al. 2010</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.21792" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.21792" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.21792">Methanobacterium kanagiense</identifier>
          <authority>Kitamura et al. 2011</authority>
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          <authority>Borrel et al. 2012</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25372" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25372" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25372">Methanobacterium paludis</identifier>
          <authority>Cadillo-Quiroz et al. 2014</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanobacterium paludis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25372" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.113" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.113" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.113">Methanobacterium thermophilum</identifier>
          <authority>Laurinavichus et al. 1990</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanothermobacter thermophilus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.137" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.103" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.103" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.103">Methanobacterium mobile</identifier>
          <authority>Paynter and Hungate 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.107" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.107" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.107">Methanobacterium subterraneum</identifier>
          <authority>Kotelnikova et al. 1998</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.111" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.111" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.111">Methanobacterium thermoflexum</identifier>
          <authority>Kotelnikova et al. 1994</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.99" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.99" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.99">Methanobacterium congolense</identifier>
          <authority>Cuzin et al. 2001</authority>
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.105" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.105" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.105">Methanobacterium palustre</identifier>
          <authority>Zellner et al. 1990</authority>
          <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanobacterium palustre" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.105" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.8695" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.8695" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.8695">Methanobacterium aarhusense</identifier>
          <authority>Shlimon et al. 2004</authority>
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