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            <surname>Zhilina</surname>
            <given-names>T.N.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Zavarzina</surname>
            <given-names>D.G.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Kevbrin</surname>
            <given-names>V.V.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Kolganova</surname>
            <given-names>T.V.</given-names>
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        <article-title>Methanocalculus natronophilus sp. nov., a new Alkaliphilic Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenic Archaeon from a Soda Lake, and Proposal of the New Family Methanocalculaceae</article-title>
        <year>2013</year>
        <volume>82</volume>
        <fpage>681</fpage>
        <lpage>690</lpage>
        <source id="130">Mikrobiologiya (Russian)</source>
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    <created curator="NamesforLife Curator" date="2014-01-14" date-formatted="January 14, 2014" time="10:02:19" time-formatted="10:02 AM" />
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