Table 1.

Classification and general features of Occidentia massiliensis strain OS18^T according to the MIGS recommendations [14]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [15]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS [16]
		Class Alphaproteobacteria	TAS [17]
		Order Rickettsiales	TAS [6,18,19]
		Family Rickettsiaceae	TAS [1,18,19]
		Genus Occidentia	IDA
		Species Occidentia massiliensis	IDA
		Type strain OS18T	IDA
	Gram stain	Negative	IDA
	Cell shape	Rod	IDA
	Motility	Unknown	IDA
	Sporulation	Nonsporulating	IDA
	Temperature range	Mesophilic	IDA
	Optimum temperature	28°C	IDA
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Unknown	IDA
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Aerobic	IDA
	Carbon source	Unknown	NAS
	Energy source	Unknown	NAS
MIGS-6	Habitat	Ornithodoros sonrai	IDA
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Obligate intracellular	IDA
	Pathogenicity	Unknown
	Biosafety level	2
MIGS-14	Isolation	Ornithodoros sonrai	IDA
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Senegal	IDA
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	June 2009	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	14.05	IDA
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	−15.516667	IDA
MIGS-4.3	Depth	0.5 m below surface	IDA
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	45 m above sea level	IDA

^aEvidence 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). Evidence codes come from the Gene Ontology project [20]. If the evidence is IDA, then the property was directly observed for a live isolate by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.