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            <article-title>Improved strategy for presumptive identification of methanogens using 16S riboprinting</article-title>
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            <volume>55</volume>
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            <source id="1180">Journal of Microbiological Methods</source>
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                <surname>Mah</surname>
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                <surname>Garcia</surname>
                <given-names>J.L.</given-names>
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                <surname>Boone</surname>
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            <article-title>Isolation and characterization of Methanogenium bourgense sp. nov.</article-title>
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            <lpage>301</lpage>
            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
            <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
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