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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.213" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.193" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.213">Methanocorpusculum aggregans</identifier>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Mah</surname>
                <given-names>R.A.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Garcia</surname>
                <given-names>J.L.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Robinson</surname>
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            <article-title>Isolation and characterization of Methanogenium aggregans sp. nov.</article-title>
            <year>1985</year>
            <volume>35</volume>
            <issue>2</issue>
            <fpage>127</fpage>
            <lpage>130</lpage>
            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
            <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
            <issn>0020-7713</issn>
            <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/00207713-35-2-127</pub-id>
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                <surname>Xun</surname>
                <given-names>L.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Boone</surname>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Mah</surname>
                <given-names>R.A.</given-names>
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            <article-title>Deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization study of Methanogenium and Methanocorpusculum species, emendation of the genus Methanocorpusculum, and transfer of Methanogenium aggregans to the genus Methanocorpusculum as Methanocorpusculum aggregans comb. nov.</article-title>
            <year>1989</year>
            <volume>39</volume>
            <issue>2</issue>
            <fpage>109</fpage>
            <lpage>111</lpage>
            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
            <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
            <issn>0020-7713</issn>
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        <article-title>Deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization study of Methanogenium and Methanocorpusculum species, emendation of the genus Methanocorpusculum, and transfer of Methanogenium aggregans to the genus Methanocorpusculum as Methanocorpusculum aggregans comb. nov.</article-title>
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        <lpage>111</lpage>
        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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