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      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.266" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.266" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.266">Methanosaeta concilii</identifier>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9109" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.9110" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9110" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9109">Methanothrix</identifier>
        <authority>Huser et al. 1983</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.267" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.267" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.267">Methanosaeta thermoacetophila</identifier>
        <authority>(Nozhevnikova and Chudina 1988) Patel and Sprott 1990</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanosaeta thermoacetophila" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.267" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <child doi="10.1601/tx.268" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.268" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.268" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.268">Methanosaeta thermophila</identifier>
        <authority>(Kamagata et al. 1992) Boone and Kamagata 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanosaeta thermoacetophila" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.267" illegitimate="true" is-current="false" rejected="true" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9817" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9817" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9817">Methanosaeta harundinacea</identifier>
        <authority>Ma et al. 2006</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.266" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.266" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.266">Methanosaeta concilii</identifier>
        <authority>(Patel 1985) Patel and Sprott 1990</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methanosaeta concilii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.266" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <reference id="rid.5507">
      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Ma</surname>
            <given-names>K.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Liu</surname>
            <given-names>X.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Dong</surname>
            <given-names>X.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Methanosaeta harundinacea sp. nov., a novel acetate-scavenging methanogen isolated from a UASB reactor.</article-title>
        <year>2006</year>
        <volume>56</volume>
        <issue>1</issue>
        <fpage>127</fpage>
        <lpage>131</lpage>
        <source id="117">International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Evol Microbiol</abbrev>
        <issn>1466-5026</issn>
        <essn>1466-5034</essn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/ijs.0.63887-0</pub-id>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">16403877</pub-id>
      </citation>
    </reference>
    <reference id="rid.7563">
      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Boone</surname>
            <given-names>D.R.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Kamagata</surname>
            <given-names>Y.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Rejection of the species Methanothrix soehngenii (VP) and the genus Methanothrix (VP) as nomina confusa, and transfer of Methanothrix thermophila (VP) to the genus Methanosaeta (VP) as Methanosaeta thermophila comb. nov. Request for an Opinion.</article-title>
        <year>1998</year>
        <volume>48</volume>
        <issue>3</issue>
        <fpage>1079</fpage>
        <lpage>1080</lpage>
        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
        <issn>0020-7713</issn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/00207713-48-3-1079</pub-id>
      </citation>
    </reference>
    <reference id="rid.1432">
      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Patel</surname>
            <given-names>G.B.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Sprott</surname>
            <given-names>G.D.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>Methanosaeta concilii gen. nov., sp. nov. ("Methanothrix concilii") and Methanosaeta thermoacetophila nom. rev., comb. nov.</article-title>
        <year>1990</year>
        <volume>40</volume>
        <issue>1</issue>
        <fpage>79</fpage>
        <lpage>82</lpage>
        <source id="116">International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology</source>
        <abbrev>Int J Syst Bacteriol</abbrev>
        <issn>0020-7713</issn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1099/00207713-40-1-79</pub-id>
      </citation>
    </reference>
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    <modified curator="Sarah Wigley" date="2009-05-07" date-formatted="May 7, 2009" time="12:26:39" time-formatted="12:26 PM" />
    <created curator="Sarah Wigley" date="2009-05-07" date-formatted="May 7, 2009" time="12:26:39" time-formatted="12:26 PM" />
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