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              <person-name>
                <surname>Watanabe</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Asakawa</surname>
                <given-names>S.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Nakamura</surname>
                <given-names>A.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Nagaoka</surname>
                <given-names>K.</given-names>
              </person-name>
              <person-name>
                <surname>Kimura</surname>
                <given-names>M.</given-names>
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            <article-title>DGGE method for analyzing 16S rDNA of methanogenic archaeal community in paddy field soil</article-title>
            <year>2004</year>
            <volume>232</volume>
            <fpage>153</fpage>
            <lpage>163</lpage>
            <source id="123">FEMS Microbiology Letters</source>
            <abbrev>FEMS Microbiol Lett</abbrev>
            <issn>0378-1097</issn>
            <essn>1574-6968</essn>
            <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/S0378-1097(04)00045-X</pub-id>
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                <surname>Wasserfallen</surname>
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                <surname>Nölling</surname>
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                <surname>Pfister</surname>
                <given-names>P.</given-names>
              </person-name>
              <person-name>
                <surname>Reeve</surname>
                <given-names>J.</given-names>
              </person-name>
              <person-name>
                <surname>Conway de Macario</surname>
                <given-names>E.</given-names>
              </person-name>
            </authors>
            <article-title>Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov.</article-title>
            <year>2000</year>
            <volume>50</volume>
            <issue>1</issue>
            <fpage>43</fpage>
            <lpage>53</lpage>
            <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
            <abbrev>Int J Syst Evol Microbiol</abbrev>
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            <essn>1466-5034</essn>
            <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/00207713-50-1-43</pub-id>
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            <surname>Reeve</surname>
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            <surname>Conway de Macario</surname>
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        <article-title>Phylogenetic analysis of 18 thermophilic Methanobacterium isolates supports the proposals to create a new genus, Methanothermobacter gen. nov., and to reclassify several isolates in three species, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus comb. nov., Methanothermobacter wolfeii comb. nov., and Methanothermobacter marburgensis sp. nov.</article-title>
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