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- ↑ Sue-Yao Wu; Mei-Chin Lai (2010-12-10). "Methanogenic Archaea Isolated from Taiwan's Chelungpu Fault". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 27 (3): 830–838. doi:10.1128/AEM.01539-10. PMC 3028716 . PMID 21148697.
