Table 1. Classification and general features of T. paurometabola no. 33^T according to the MIGS recommendations [22] and the NamesforLife database [23].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [24]
		Phylum “Actinobacteria”	TAS [25]
		Class Actinobacteria	TAS [26]
		Subclass Actinobacteridae	TAS [26,27]
		Order Actinomycetales	TAS [26-29]
		Suborder Corynebacterineae	TAS [26,27]
		Family Tsukamurellaceae	TAS [26,27]
		Genus Tsukamurella	TAS [1]
		Species Tsukamurella paurometabola	TAS [1]
		Type strain no. 33	TAS [2]
	Gram stain	positive	TAS [2]
	Cell shape	short rods occurring singly, in pairs or in masses	TAS [2]
	Motility	none	TAS [2]
	Sporulation	none	TAS [2]
	Temperature range	10°C–35°C, not at 45°C	NAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	not reported
	Salinity	not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	obligately aerobic	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	carbohydrates	TAS [1]
	Energy metabolism	chemoorganotroph	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	soil, human sputum, insect microbiome	TAS [2,4]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free-living	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	infection of the lung, lethal meningitis,     and necrotizing tenosynovitis	TAS [4]
	Biosafety level	1+	TAS [30]
	Isolation	ovaries of Cimex lectularius (bedbug)	TAS [2,4]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	most probably close to Columbus, Ohio	NAS
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1941 or before	TAS [2]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	not reported
MIGS-4.2	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 of the Gene Ontology project [31]. If the evidence code is IDA, the property was directly observed by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.