Table 1. Classification and general features of D. maricopensis LB-34^Taccording to the MIGS recommendations [37].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [38]
		Phylum Deinococcus-Thermus	TAS [39]
		Class Deinococci	TAS [40,41]
		Order Deinococcales	TAS [4]
		Family Deinococcaceae	TAS [2,4]
		Genus Deinococcus	TAS [2,4]
		Species Deinococcus maricopensis	TAS [1,42]
		Type strain LB-34	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	positive	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	rods	TAS [1]
	Motility	non-motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	none	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	mesophile, 10°C–45°C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	40°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	aerobic	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	carbohydrates	TAS [1]
	Energy metabolism	chemoorganotroph	TAS [1,2]
MIGS-6	Habitat	soil	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free-living	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [43]
	Isolation	soil	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1999	NAS
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	32.93	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	-112.30	NAS
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 [44]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property was directly observed by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.