Request for an Opinion: Replacement of the Type Strain of Methanobacterium formicicum and Reinstatement of Methanobacterium bryantii sp. nov. nom. rev. (ex Balch and Wolfe, 1981) with M.o.H. (DSM 863) as the Type Strain

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