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            <article-title>Methanohalophilus oregonense sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen from an alkaline, saline aquifer.</article-title>
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            <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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            <article-title>Validation List no. 85. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM</article-title>
            <year>2002</year>
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            <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
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            <essn>1466-5034</essn>
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        <article-title>Genus V. Methanolobus König and Stetter 1983, 439VP.</article-title>
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        <source id="529">Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
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