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        <authors>
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            <surname>Akinyemi</surname>
            <given-names>T.S.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Shao</surname>
            <given-names>N.</given-names>
          </person-name>
          <person-name>
            <surname>Whitman</surname>
            <given-names>W.B.</given-names>
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          <person-name>
            <surname>Professor William B. Whitman</surname>
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        <article-title>Methanotrichales ord. nov.</article-title>
        <year>2015</year>
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        <source id="1403">Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria</source>
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        <publisher-loc>Hoboken, New Jersey</publisher-loc>
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    <snapshot date="2024-04-22" date-formatted="April 22, 2024" time="23:49:45" time-formatted="23:49 PM" />
    <modified curator="Charles Parker" date="2021-09-16" date-formatted="September 16, 2021" time="14:52:51" time-formatted="14:52 PM" />
    <created curator="Charles Parker" date="2021-09-16" date-formatted="September 16, 2021" time="14:52:26" time-formatted="14:52 PM" />
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