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        <authority>Weng et al. 2015</authority>
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        <authority>Chen et al. 2015</authority>
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        <authority>(Corder et al. 1988) Maestrojuán et al. 1990</authority>
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        <authority>(sic) (Rivard and Smith 1982) Maestrojuán et al. 1990 emend. Spring et al. 2005</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.186" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.203" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.186">Methanoculleus thermophilus</identifier>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.184" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.184" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.184">Methanoculleus palmolei</identifier>
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        <authority>Cheng et al. 2008</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.185" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.185" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.185">Methanoculleus submarinus</identifier>
        <authority>Mikucki et al. 2003</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.182" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.182" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.182">Methanoculleus oldenburgensis</identifier>
        <authority>Blotevogel et al. 1998</authority>
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        <authority>Dianou et al. 2001</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33925" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.33925" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33925">Methanoculleus thermohydrogenotrophicum</identifier>
        <authority>(sic) Kougias et al. 2017</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.35321" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.33925" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33925">Methanoculleus thermohydrogenitrophicus</identifier>
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      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Cheng</surname>
            <given-names>L.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Qiu</surname>
            <given-names>T.L.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Li</surname>
            <given-names>X.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Wang</surname>
            <given-names>W.D.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Deng</surname>
            <given-names>Y.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Yin</surname>
            <given-names>X.B.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Zhang</surname>
            <given-names>H.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Isolation and characterization of Methanoculleus receptaculi sp. nov. from Shengli oil field, China.</article-title>
        <year>2008</year>
        <volume>285</volume>
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