Table 1. Classification and general features of Kytococcus sedentarius strain 541^T based on MIGS recommendations [12].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria
		Phylum Actinobacteria
		Class Actinobacteria	TAS [13]
		Order Actinomycetales	TAS [14]
		Suborder Micrococcineae	TAS [13]
		Family Dermacoccaceae	TAS [15]
		Genus Kytococcus	TAS [1]
		Species Kytococcus sedentarius	TAS [1]
		Type strain 541
	Gram stain	positive	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	spherical, predominantly in tetrads	TAS [1]
	Motility	nonmotile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	non-sporulating	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	mesophilic	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	28-36°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	nonhalophilic, but growth in media   up to 10% (w/v) NaCl	TAS [1]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	mandatory aerobe	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	not reported
	Energy source	unknown, not starch	NAS
MIGS-6	Habitat	marine	TAS [2]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free-living	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	in rare cases	TAS [16,17]
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [18]
	Isolation	slide submerged in sea water	TAS [2]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	probably San Diego	TAS [2]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	about or before 1944	TAS [2]
MIGS-4.1 MIGS-4.2	Latitude – Longitude	not reported
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	not reported

Evidence codes - IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay (first time in publication); TAS: Traceable Author Statement (i.e., a direct report exists in the literature); NAS: Non-traceable Author Statement (i.e., not directly observed for the living, isolated sample, but based on a generally accepted property for the species, or anecdotal evidence). These evidence codes are from the Gene Ontology project [19]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property was directly observed, for a live isolate by one of the authors, or another expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.