Table 1.

Classification and general features of Mesorhizobium loti strain R7A according to the MIGS recommendations [16,17]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [17]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS [18]
		Class Alphaproteobacteria	TAS [19]
		Order Rhizobiales	TAS [20,21]
		Family Phyllobacteriaceae	TAS [21,22]
		Genus Mesorhizobium	TAS [14]
		Species Mesorhizobium loti	TAS [14]
		Strain R7A	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	Negative	IDA
	Cell shape	Rod	IDA
	Motility	Motile	IDA
	Sporulation	Non-sporulating	NAS
	Temperature range	Mesophile	NAS
	Optimum temperature	28°C	NAS
	Salinity	Unknown	NAS
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Aerobic	TAS [2]
	Carbon source	Various	TAS [23]
	Energy source	Chemoorganotroph	TAS [23]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Soil, root nodule, host	TAS [2]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free living, Symbiotic	TAS [2]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	None	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [24]
	Isolation	Root nodule of Lotus corniculatus	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Lammermoor, Otago, NZ	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Nodule collection date	1993	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	-45.53	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	169.9415	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.3	Depth	5 cm	IDA
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	885 meters	IDA

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 [25].