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            <surname>Lang</surname>
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            <surname>Schuldes</surname>
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            <surname>Klingl</surname>
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            <surname>Poehlein</surname>
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            <surname>Daniel</surname>
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            <surname>Brunea</surname>
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        <article-title>New mode of energy metabolism in the seventh order of methanogens as revealed by comparative genome analysis of “Candidatus methanoplasma termitum”.</article-title>
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        <source id="228">Applied and Environmental Microbiology</source>
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