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. 2011 Dec 30;5(3):407–415. doi: 10.4056/sigs.2465574

Table 1. Classification and general D. thermolithotrophum BSAT in accordance with the MIGS recommendations [18] and the NamesforLife database [19].

MIGS ID     Property      Term      Evidence code
    Current classification      Domain Bacteria      TAS [20]
     Phylum ‘Aquificae’      TAS [22]
     Class Aquificae      TAS [23,24]
     Order Aquificales      TAS [23,25,26]
     Family Desulfurobacteriaceae      TAS [25]
     Genus Desulfurobacterium      TAS [1,25,27]
    Species      Desulfurobacterium thermolithotrophum      TAS [1]
MIGS-7     Strain      BSAT      TAS [1]
MIGS-12     Reference for biomaterial      DSM 11699      TAS [1]
    Gram stain      negative      TAS [1]
    Cell shape      rod-shaped      TAS [1]
    Motility      motile      TAS [1]
    Sporulation      non-sporulating      TAS [1]
    Temperature range      40-75°C      TAS [1]
    Optimum temperature      70°C      TAS [1]
    Salinity      15 to 70 g per l, optimum at 35 g      TAS [1]
MIGS-22     Oxygen requirement      strictly anaerobic      TAS [1]
    Carbon source      CO2      NAS
    Energy metabolism      chemolitoautotrophic, sulfur reduction      TAS [1]
MIGS-6     Habitat      marine      TAS [1]
MIGS-15     Biotic relationship      free-living      TAS [1]
    Biosafety level      1      TAS [28]
MIGS-19     Trophic level      level 1 primary producer      TAS [1]
MIGS-23.1     Isolation      deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney      TAS [1]
MIGS-4     Geographic location      Snake Pit vent field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge      TAS [1]
MIGS-5     Sample collection time      November/December 1995      TAS [1,29]
MIGS-4.1     Latitude      23.36      TAS [1,29]
MIGS-4.2     Longitude      -44.93      TAS [1,29]
MIGS-4.3     Depth      3,500 m      TAS [1,29]
MIGS-4.4     Altitude      -3,500 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 [30].