Table 1. Classification and general features of C. pinensis UQM 2034^T according to the MIGS recommendations [12].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [13]
		Phylum Bacteroidetes	TAS [14]
		Class Sphingobacteria	TAS [14]
		Order Sphingobacteriales	TAS [14]
		Family ‘Chitinophagaceae’	NAS
		Genus Chitinophaga	TAS [1]
		Species Chitinophaga pinensis	TAS [1]
		Type strain UQM 2034	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	filamentous	TAS [1]
	Motility	gliding	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	myxospores	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	mesophile, 12-40°C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	24°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	up to 1.5% NaCl	TAS [1]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	aerobic	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	acid production from glucose,   lactose and sucrose	TAS [1]
	Energy source	chemoorganotrophic	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	soil	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free living	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	non pathogenic	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [15]
	Isolation	pine litter	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Alderley, Brisbane, Australia	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	in 1981 or before	NAS
MIGS-4.1 MIGS-4.2	Latitude    Longitude	-27.424,   153	TAS
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 of the Gene Ontology project [16]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property was observed for a living isolate by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.