Table 1. Classification and general features of Kosakonia sacchari type strain SP1^T according to the MIGS recommendations.

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria Phylum Proteobacteria Class Gammaproteobacteria Order Enterobacteriales Family Enterobacteriaceae Genus Kosakonia Species Kosakonia sacchari Type strain: SP1T	TAS [16]    TAS [17]    TAS [18-20]    TAS [21]    TAS [22,23]    TAS [1,3]    TAS [2,3]    TAS [2,3]
	Gram stain	Negative	TAS [2]
	Cell shape	Rod	TAS [2]
	Motility	Motile	TAS [2]
	Sporulation	Non-sporulating	TAS [2]
	Temperature range	Mesophile	TAS [2]
	Optimum temperature	28 – 32°C	TAS [2]
	Carbon source	Sucrose, glucose, fructose, galactose, maltose, mannitol, mannose, arabitol	TAS [2]
	Energy source	Chemoorganotroph	TAS [2]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Soil, plants	IDA
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	0 – 4% NaCl	TAS [2]
MIGS-22 MIGS-23	Oxygen Isolation	Aerobe Stem of sugarcane cultivar GT11	TAS [2]    TAS [2]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free-living, endophytic	IDA
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Not reported
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Nanning, Guangxi, China	TAS [2]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1994	TAS [2]
MIGS-4.1 MIGS-4.2	Longitude Latitude	108.33 22.84	NAS    NAS
MIGS-4.3	Depth	0.1 – 0.5 m above the surface	IDA
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	76 m	NAS

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).