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                <surname>Nichols</surname>
                <given-names>P.D.</given-names>
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              <person-name>
                <surname>Hayward</surname>
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            <article-title>Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: Description of Methylobacter gen.nov., emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the Group I Methanotrophs.</article-title>
            <year>1993</year>
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            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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                <surname>Stackebrandt</surname>
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            <article-title>The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae.</article-title>
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            <volume>45</volume>
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            <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>The phylogenetic position of the family Methylococcaceae.</article-title>
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