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        <authority>Hirayama et al. 2014 non Methylothermaceae Tindall 2019</authority>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Orata</surname>
            <given-names>F.D.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Meier-Kolthoff</surname>
            <given-names>J.P.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Sauvageau</surname>
            <given-names>D.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Stein</surname>
            <given-names>L.Y.</given-names>
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        <article-title>Phylogenomic Analysis of the Gammaproteobacterial Methanotrophs (Order Methylococcales) Calls for the Reclassification of Members at the Genus and Species Levels.</article-title>
        <year>2018</year>
        <volume>9</volume>
        <fpage>3162</fpage>
        <lpage>3162</lpage>
        <source id="1354">Frontiers in Microbiology</source>
        <abbrev>Front. Microbio.</abbrev>
        <essn>1664-302X</essn>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3389/fmicb.2018.03162</pub-id>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">30631317</pub-id>
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    <snapshot date="2024-04-22" date-formatted="April 22, 2024" time="22:25:15" time-formatted="22:25 PM" />
    <modified curator="Charles Parker" date="2019-03-04" date-formatted="March 4, 2019" time="22:07:35" time-formatted="22:07 PM" />
    <created curator="Charles Parker" date="2019-03-04" date-formatted="March 4, 2019" time="22:07:12" time-formatted="22:07 PM" />
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