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      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2429" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2429" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2429">Methylomonas methanica</identifier>
      <authority>(ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984</authority>
      <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylomonas methanica" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2429" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="true" status-code="VP" />
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    <related-taxon accession="416" nomos="NCBI Taxonomy" rank="genus" relation="exactMatch" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.0" rank="root" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.0">Universal Root</identifier>
        <authority>Woese et al. 1990</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Universal Root" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.0" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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          <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.419" rank="domain" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.419">Bacteria</identifier>
          <authority>(None 2015) Woese et al. 1990</authority>
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      <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.808" rank="phylum">
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            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.808" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Proteobacteria</identifier>
            <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
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          <name-status-group>
            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.40185" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Pseudomonadota</identifier>
            <authority>corrig. Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
            <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          <name-status-group>
            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31608" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Alphaproteobacteriota</identifier>
            <authority>(sic) Garrity et al. 2021</authority>
            <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Pseudomonadota" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.40185" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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        <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2068" rank="class">
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            <name-status-group>
              <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2068" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2550" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="class" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2068">Gammaproteobacteria</identifier>
              <authority>Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013</authority>
              <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Gammaproteobacteria" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2068" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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          </nomenclature>
          <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2400" rank="order">
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              <name-status-group>
                <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2400" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2402" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2403" rank="order" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2400">Methylococcales</identifier>
                <authority>Bowman 2005</authority>
                <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylococcales" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2400" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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            <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2401" rank="family">
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                  <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2401" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2402" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2403" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2401">Methylococcaceae</identifier>
                  <authority>Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993</authority>
                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylococcaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2401" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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              <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.2428" rank="genus">
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                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2428" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2429" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2429" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2428">Methylomonas</identifier>
                    <authority>(ex Leadbetter 1974) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993</authority>
                    <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylomonas" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2428" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="true" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2401" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2402" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2403" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2401">Methylococcaceae</identifier>
        <authority>Whittenbury and Krieg 1984 emend. Bowman et al. 1993</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylococcaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2401" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2434" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2434" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2435" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2435" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2434">Methylosarcina</identifier>
        <authority>Wise et al. 2001 emend. Orata et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylosarcina" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2434" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2419" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2419" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2420" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2420" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2419">Methylocaldum</identifier>
        <authority>Bodrossy et al. 1998 emend. Takeuchi et al. 2014</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylocaldum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2419" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2423" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2423" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2424" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2413" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2423">Methylomicrobium</identifier>
        <authority>Bowman et al. 1995 emend. Orata et al. 2018</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylomicrobium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2423" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    </nomenclature>
  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2411" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2411" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2412" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2406" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2411">Methylobacter</identifier>
        <authority>Bowman et al. 1993 emend. Bowman et al. 1995</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylobacter" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2411" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
      </name-status-group>
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2437" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2437" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2438" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2438" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2437">Methylosphaera</identifier>
        <authority>Bowman et al. 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylosphaera" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2437" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.10405" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10405" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.10863" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10863" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10405">Methylosoma</identifier>
        <authority>Rahalkar et al. 2007</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylosoma" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.10405" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.2402" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2402" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2403" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2403" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2402">Methylococcus</identifier>
        <authority>Foster and Davis 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Bowman et al. 1993</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylococcus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2402" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.21312" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.21312" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.21313" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.21313" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.21312">Methylovulum</identifier>
        <authority>Iguchi et al. 2011 emend. Oshkin et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylovulum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.21312" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.22653" rank="genus">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.22653" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.22654" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.22654" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.22653">Methylogaea</identifier>
        <authority>Geymonat et al. 2011</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylogaea" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.22653" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.23905" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23905" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.23906" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23906" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23905">Methylomarinum</identifier>
        <authority>Hirayama et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylomarinum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23905" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  </sibling>
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.25530" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.25531" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.25531" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.25530">Methyloparacoccus</identifier>
        <authority>Hoefman et al. 2014</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methyloparacoccus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.25530" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26250" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.26251" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26251" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26250">Methyloprofundus</identifier>
        <authority>Tavormina et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methyloprofundus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.26250" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26688" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.26689" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26689" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26688">Methyloglobulus</identifier>
        <authority>Deutzmann et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methyloglobulus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.26688" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27479" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.27480" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27480" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27479">Methylomagnum</identifier>
        <authority>Khalifa et al. 2015</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.30973" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.30973" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.30974" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.30974" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.30973">Methyloterricola</identifier>
        <authority>Frindte et al. 2017</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methyloterricola" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.30973" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.33666" rank="genus">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33666" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.33667" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.33667" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33666">Methylospira</identifier>
        <authority>Danilova et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="true" conserved="false" current-name="Methylospira" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.33666" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33922" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.33923" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.33923" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33922">Thiodiazotropha</identifier>
        <authority>König et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="true" conserved="false" current-name="Thiodiazotropha" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.33922" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34312" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.34313" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.34313" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34312">Methylocucumis</identifier>
        <authority>Pandit and Rahalkar 2019</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylocucumis" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.34312" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.37243" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.37244" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.37244" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.37243">Methylicorpusculum</identifier>
        <authority>Saidi-Mehrabad et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylicorpusculum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.37243" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17552" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17552">Methylomonas sp.</identifier>
        <authority>None 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylomonas sp." current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.17552" illegitimate="true" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.2432" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2432" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.2432">Methylomonas pelagica</identifier>
        <authority>Sieburth et al. 1988</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylomicrobium pelagicum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.2427" illegitimate="false" is-current="false" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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