Table 1. Classification and general features of T. curvata B9^T according to the MIGS recommendations [22].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [23]
		Phylum Actinobacteria	TAS [24]
		Class Actinobacteria	TAS [25]
		Order Actinomycetales	TAS [25-28]
		Family Thermomonosporaceae	TAS [25,28,29]
		Genus Thermomonospora	TAS [1,27,30,31]
		Species Thermomonospora curvata	TAS [1,27]
		Type strain B9	TAS [2]
	Gram stain	positive	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	mycelium	TAS [1]
	Motility	not mobile	NAS
	Sporulation	yes	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	40°C-65°C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	50°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	not reported	NAS
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	facultative aerobic	TAS
	Carbon source	ribose and sucrose	TAS [4]
	Energy source	chemoorganotroph	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	compost, overheated vegetable material, straw	TAS [4]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	not reported	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	no	TAS [4]
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [32]
	Isolation	rye straw	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	unknown, but most probably Berlin, Germany	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1959	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.1 MIGS-4.2	Latitude     Longitude	52.5     13.4	NAS
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported	NAS
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	approx. 34-115 m above sea level	NAS

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 [33]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property was directly observed by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements