Table 1. Classification and general features of S. plymuthica AS12 according to MIGS recommendations [14].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [15]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS [16]
		Class Gammaproteobacteria	TAS [17,18]
		Order “Enterobacteriales”	TAS [19]
		Family Enterobacteriaceae	TAS [20-22]
		Genus Serratia	TAS [20,23,24]
		Species Serratia plymuthica	TAS [20,25]
		Strain AS12	IDA
	Gram stain	Negative	IDA
	Cell shape	Rod-shaped	IDA
	Motility	Motile	IDA
	Sporulation	Non-sporulating	IDA
	Temperature range	Mesophilic, 4 – 40°C	IDA
	Optimum temperature	28°C	IDA
	Carbon source	Glucose, sucrose, fructose, succinate, trehalose, mannitol, inositol, arabinose	IDA
	Energy metabolism	Chemoorganotrophic	IDA
MIGS-6	Habitat	Rapeseed roots	IDA
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Medium	IDA
MIGS-22	Oxygen	Facultative	IDA
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Endophyte	TAS [5]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	None	NAS
	Biosafety level	1+	TAS [26]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Uppsala, Sweden	NAS
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	Summer 1998	NAS
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	59.8	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	17.65	NAS
MIGS-4.3	Depth	0.1 m	NAS
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	24-25 m	NAS

a) Evidence codes - IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay; 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 the Gene Ontology project [27]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property should have been directly observed, for the purpose of this specific publication, for a live isolate by one of the authors, or an expert or reputable institution mentioned in the acknowledgements.