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        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Boone</surname>
            <given-names>D.R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Whitman</surname>
            <given-names>W.B.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Koga</surname>
            <given-names>Y.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <editors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Garrity</surname>
            <given-names>G.M.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Boone</surname>
            <given-names>D.R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Castenholz</surname>
            <given-names>R.W.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </editors>
        <article-title>Order II. Methanomicrobiales ord. nov.</article-title>
        <year>2001</year>
        <volume>1</volume>
        <edition>2</edition>
        <fpage>246</fpage>
        <source id="529">Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <publisher-name>Springer</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>New York</publisher-loc>
      </citation>
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      <citation citation-type="book">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Boone</surname>
            <given-names>D.R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Whitman</surname>
            <given-names>W.B.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Koga</surname>
            <given-names>Y.</given-names>
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        <editors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Garrity</surname>
            <given-names>G.M.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Boone</surname>
            <given-names>D.R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Castenholz</surname>
            <given-names>R.W.</given-names>
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        </editors>
        <article-title>Family III. Methanospirillaceae fam. nov.</article-title>
        <year>2001</year>
        <volume>1</volume>
        <edition>2</edition>
        <fpage>264</fpage>
        <source id="529">Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <publisher-name>Springer</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>New York</publisher-loc>
      </citation>
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