Table 1.

Classification and general features of M. tuberculosis K according to the MIGS recommendation [16]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
	Classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [26]
		Phylum Actinobacteria	TAS [27]
		Class Actinobacteria	TAS [28]
		Order Actinomycetales	TAS [28–31]
		Family Mycobacteriaceae	TAS [28–30, 32]
		Genus Mycobacterium	TAS [30, 33, 34]
		Species Mycobacterium tuberculosis	TAS [35]
		Strain K (CP007803.1)
	Gram stain	Weakly positive	TAS [35]
	Cell shape	Irregular rods	TAS [35]
	Motility	Non motile	TAS [35]
	Sporulation	Nonsporulating	NAS
	Temperature range	Mesophile	TAS [35]
	Optimum temperature	37 °C	TAS [35]
	pH range; Optimum	5.5–8; 7	IDA
	Carbon source	Asparagine, Oleic acid, Potato starch	TAS [14, 35]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Human-associated: Human lung	TAS [35]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Normal	TAS [35]
MIGS-22	Oxygen	Aerobic	TAS [35]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free-living	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Hypervirulent	TAS [14, 35]
	Biosafety level	3	NAS
	Isolation	Sputum of TB patient	TAS [35]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	High schools in Kyunggi Province, Republic of Korea.	TAS [35]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1999	TAS [35]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude Longitude	37.274377	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	127.009442	NAS
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	Not reported	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). These evidence codes are from the Gene Ontology project [36]