Table 1. Classification and general features of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain TA1 according to the MIGS recommendations [14].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [15]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS [16]
		Class Alphaproteobacteria	TAS [17,18]
		Order Rhizobiales	TAS [17,19]
		Family Rhizobiaceae	TAS [20,21]
		Genus Rhizobium	TAS [20,22-25]
		Species Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii	TAS [20,22,25,26]
	Gram stain	Negative	TAS [27]
	Cell shape	Rod	TAS [27]
	Motility	Motile	TAS [27]
	Sporulation	Non-sporulating	TAS [27]
	Temperature range	Mesophile	TAS [27]
	Optimum temperature	28°C	TAS [27]
	Salinity	Not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Aerobic	TAS [27]
	Carbon source	Varied
	Energy source	Chemoorganotroph	TAS [27]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Soil, root nodule, on host	IDA
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free living, symbiotic	IDA
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogenic	TAS [27]
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [28]
	Isolation	Root nodule of Trifolium subterraneum	TAS [29]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Bridport, Tasmania	IDA
MIGS-5	Nodule collection date	1953	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Longitude	147.667	IDA
MIGS-4.2	Latitude	-41.0335	IDA
MIGS-4.3	Depth	Not recorded
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	Not recorded

Evidence codes – IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay; TAS: Traceable Author Statement (i.e., a direct report exists in the literature). These evidence codes are from the Gene Ontology project [30].