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        <authority>Ollivier et al. 1998 emend. Göker et al. 2014</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanolacinia petrolearia" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25963" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <authors>
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            <surname>Van Bruggen</surname>
            <given-names>J.J.A.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Zwart</surname>
            <given-names>K.B.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Hermans</surname>
            <given-names>J.G.F.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>van Hove</surname>
            <given-names>E.M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Stumm</surname>
            <given-names>C.K.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Vogels</surname>
            <given-names>G.D.</given-names>
          </person-name>
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        <article-title>Isolation and characterization of Methanoplanus endosymbiosus sp. nov., an endosymbiont of the marine sapropelic ciliate Metopus contortus Quennerstedt.</article-title>
        <year>1986</year>
        <volume>144</volume>
        <fpage>367</fpage>
        <lpage>374</lpage>
        <source id="118">Archives of Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Arch Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>0302-8933</issn>
        <essn>1432-072X</essn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1007/BF00409886</pub-id>
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    </reference>
    <reference id="rid.7454">
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        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Ollivier</surname>
            <given-names>B.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Cayol</surname>
            <given-names>J.L.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Patel</surname>
            <given-names>B.K.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Magot</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Fardeau</surname>
            <given-names>M.L.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Garcia</surname>
            <given-names>J.L.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Methanoplanus petrolearius sp. nov., a novel methanogenic bacterium from an oil-producing well.</article-title>
        <year>1997</year>
        <volume>147</volume>
        <fpage>51</fpage>
        <lpage>56</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(96)00501-0</pub-id>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">9037763</pub-id>
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    </reference>
    <reference id="rid.235">
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        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Wildgruber</surname>
            <given-names>G.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Thomm</surname>
            <given-names>M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>König</surname>
            <given-names>H.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Ober</surname>
            <given-names>K.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Ricchinto</surname>
            <given-names>P.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Stetter</surname>
            <given-names>K.O.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Methanoplanus limicola, a plate-shaped methanogen representing a novel family, the Methanoplanaceae.</article-title>
        <year>1982</year>
        <volume>132</volume>
        <fpage>31</fpage>
        <lpage>36</lpage>
        <source id="118">Archives of Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Arch Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>0302-8933</issn>
        <essn>1432-072X</essn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1007/BF00690813</pub-id>
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