Table 1. Classification and general features of A. flavithermus subsp. yunnanensis E13^T according to the MIGS recommendations [6].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
		Domain Bacteria	TAS [7]
		Phylum Firmicutes	TAS [8-10]
		Class Bacilli	TAS [11,12]
	Current classification	Order Bacillales	TAS [13,14]
		Family Bacillaceae	TAS [13,15]
		Genus Anoxybacillus	TAS [16,17]
		Species Anoxybacillus flavithermus	TAS [16]
		Subspecies Anoxybacillus flavithermus subsp. yunnanensis	TAS [2,18]
		Type strain E13T	TAS [2]
	Gram stain	positive	TAS [2]
	Cell shape	rod	TAS [2]
	Motility	motile	TAS [2]
	Sporulation	sporulating	TAS [2]
	Temperature range	30-66°C	TAS [2]
	Optimum temperature	60°C	TAS [2]
	Carbon source	carbohydrates	TAS [2]
	Energy source	heterotrophic	TAS [2]
MIGS-6	Habitat	hot spring	TAS [2]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	optimum 0.3% (w/v) NaCl	TAS [2]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	facultative anaerobe	TAS [2]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free-living	TAS [2]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	non-pathogenic	NAS
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Yunnan, China	TAS [2]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	2008	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	N 4°56.5951’	IDA
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	W 98°26.2032’	IDA
MIGS-4.3	Depth	water-sediment slurry (shallow)	IDA
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	1,457 m above sea level	NAS

^aEvidence codes - IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay (first time in publication); 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 [19]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property was directly observed by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.