Table 1. Classification and general features of Alistipes senegalensis strain JC50^T.

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
		Domain Bacteria	TAS [11]
		Phylum Bacteroidetes	TAS [12,13]
		Class Bacteroidia	TAS [12,14]
	Current classification	Order Bacteroidales	TAS [12,15]
		Family Rikenellaceae	TAS [12,16]
		Genus Alistipes	TAS [12,17]
		Species Alistipes senegalensis	IDA
		Type strain JC50T	IDA
	Gram stain	negative	IDA
	Cell shape	bacilli	IDA
	Motility	nonmotile	IDA
	Sporulation	nonsporulating	IDA
	Temperature range	mesophileic	IDA
	Optimum temperature	37°C	IDA
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	growth in BHI medium + 1% NaCl	IDA
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	anaerobic	IDA
	Carbon source	unknown
	Energy source	unknown
MIGS-6	Habitat	human gut	IDA
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free living	IDA
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	unknown
	Biosafety level	2
	Isolation	human feces
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Senegal	IDA
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	September 2010	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	14.49740	IDA
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	-14.452362	IDA
MIGS-4.3	Depth	surface	IDA
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	51 m above sea level	IDA

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 [18]. If the evidence is IDA, then the property was directly observed for a live isolate by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.