Table 1. Classification and general features of S. enterica serovar Typhi P-stx-12.

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [13]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS [14]
		Class Gammaproteobacteria	TAS [15,16]
		Order Enterobacteriales	TAS [17]
		Family Enterobacteriaceae	TAS [18-20]
		Genus Salmonella	TAS [18,21-23]
		Species Salmonella enterica	TAS [23,24]
		Subspecies Salmonella enterica enterica	TAS [23,24]
	Gram stain	negative	TAS [6]
	Cell shape	Rod-shape	TAS [6]
	Motility	Motile	TAS [6]
	Sporulation	Non-spore forming	TAS [6]
	Temperature range	7oC-45oC	TAS [6]
	Optimum temperature	35oC-37oC	TAS [6]
	Carbon source	Carbohydrates (glucose)	TAS [6]
	Energy source	Chemoorganotrophic	TAS [6]
	Terminal electron receptor	Not reported
MIGS-6	Habitat	Multi-organ pathogen that inhabits the Peyer’s patches (Lymph node) of the small intestine,      liver, spleen, bone marrow, bile and blood stream of infected human.	NAS
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Survives for days at 0.85% NaCl.	NAS
MIGS-22	Oxygen	Facultative anaerobe	TAS [6]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Human restricted	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Pathogenic	TAS [25,26]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, India	IDA
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	November 2009	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	25° 19' 60 N	IDA
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	83° 0' 0 E	IDA
MIGS-4.3	Depth	Not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	76 (meters)	IDA

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 was directly observed for a living isolate by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.