DNA Relatedness among Some Thermophilic Members of the Genus Methanobacterium: Emendation of the Species Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum and Rejection of Methanobacterium thermoformicicum as a Synonym of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

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