Table 1. Classification and general features of strain Spyr1 according to the MIGS recommendations [6].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [7]
		Phylum Actinobacteria	TAS [8]
		Class Actinobacteria	TAS [9]
		Subclass Actinobacteridae	TAS [9,10]
		Order Actinomycetales	TAS [9-12]
		Suborder Corynebacterineae	TAS [9,10]
		Family Mycobacteriaceae	TAS [9-11,13]
		Genus Mycobacterium	TAS [11,14,15]
		Species Mycobacterium gilvum	TAS [11,13]
		strain Spyr1	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	Weakly positive	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	irregular rods	TAS [1]
	Motility	Non motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	nonsporulating	NAS
	Temperature range	mesophile	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	30°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	normal	TAS [1]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	aerobic	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	Pyrene, fluoranthene, phenanthrene, anthracene, glucose, yeast extract	TAS [1]
	Energy source	Pyrene, fluoranthene, phenanthrene, anthracene, glucose, yeast extract	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Soil	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free-living	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	NAS
	Isolation	Creosote contaminated soil	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Perivleptos, Epirus, Greece	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	April 2000	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	39.789	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	20.781	NAS
MIGS-4.3	Depth	10-20 cm	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	500 m	TAS [1]

Evidence codes - 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].