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          <authority>(None 2015) Woese et al. 1990</authority>
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            <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31608" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.2552" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.2553" rank="phylum" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.808">Alphaproteobacteriota</identifier>
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              <authority>Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013</authority>
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            <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.34498" rank="family">
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                  <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34498" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.34499" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.22663" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34498">Methylothermaceae</identifier>
                  <authority>(Hirayama et al. 2014) Tindall 2019 non Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2014</authority>
                  <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylothermaceae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.34498" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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              <ancestor doi="10.1601/tx.34499" rank="genus">
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                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34499" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.34500" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.22663" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34499">Methylothermus</identifier>
                    <authority>(Tsubota et al. 2005) Tindall 2019 non Methylothermus Tsubota et al. 2005</authority>
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34498" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.34499" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.22663" rank="family" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34498">Methylothermaceae</identifier>
        <authority>(Hirayama et al. 2014) Tindall 2019 non Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2014</authority>
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    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34500" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.22663" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34500">Methylothermus subterraneus</identifier>
        <authority>Hirayama et al. 2019 non Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2011</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Methylothermus subterraneus" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.34500" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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    <reference id="rid.21066">
      <citation citation-type="journal">
        <authors>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Tindall</surname>
            <given-names>B.J.</given-names>
          </person-name>
        </authors>
        <article-title>On the nomenclatural types of Methylothermus thermalis Tsubota et al. 2005, Methylothermus Tsubota et al. 2005 and Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al. 2014, their status under the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and valid publication of the names Methylothermus gen. nov., Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. and Methylothermaceae Hirayama et al.</article-title>
        <year>2019</year>
        <volume>69</volume>
        <issue>7</issue>
        <fpage>1890</fpage>
        <lpage>1891</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/ijsem.0.003220</pub-id>
        <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">30608227</pub-id>
      </citation>
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    <snapshot date="2024-04-22" date-formatted="April 22, 2024" time="22:34:08" time-formatted="22:34 PM" />
    <modified curator="Charles Parker" date="2019-06-13" date-formatted="June 13, 2019" time="12:07:23" time-formatted="12:07 PM" />
    <created curator="Charles Parker" date="2019-06-13" date-formatted="June 13, 2019" time="12:06:21" time-formatted="12:06 PM" />
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