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. 2014 Mar 15;9(3):632–645. doi: 10.4056/sigs.4998989

Table 1. Classification and general features of strain HIMB11 according to the MIGS recommendations [29].

MIGS ID       Property        Term       Evidence codea
      Current classification        Domain Bacteria       TAS [30]
       Phylum Proteobacteria       TAS [31]
       Class Alphaproteobacteria       TAS [32,33]
       Order Rhodobacterales       TAS [32,34]
       Family Rhodobacteraceae       TAS [32,35]
       Genus not assigned
       Species not assigned
       Strain HIMB11
      Gram stain        Negative       NAS
      Cell shape        Short irregular rods       IDA
      Motility        Flagella       NAS
      Sporulation        Non-sporulating       NAS
      Temperature range        Mesophile       IDA
      Optimum temperature        Unknown
      Carbon source        Ambient seawater DOC       TAS [36]
      Energy source        Mixotrophic       NAS
      Terminal electron receptor
MIGS-6       Habitat        Seawater       IDA
MIGS-6.3       Salinity        ~35.0 ‰       IDA
MIGS-22       Oxygen        Aerobic       NAS
MIGS-15       Biotic relationship        Free-living       TAS [36]
MIGS-14       Pathogenicity        None       NAS
MIGS-4       Geographic location        Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii       TAS [14]
MIGS-5       Sample collection time        18 May, 2005       TAS [14]
MIGS-4.1       Latitude - Longitude        21.44, -157.78       TAS [14]
MIGS-4.2
MIGS-4.3       Depth        ~1 m       TAS [14]
MIGS-4.4       Altitude

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 [37].