Table 1.

Classification and general features of M. fulvus 124B02 according to the MIGS recommendations [39]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
	Classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS[40]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS[41]
		Class Deltaproteobacteria	TAS[42]
		Order Myxococcales	TAS[43]
		Suborder Cystobacterineae	TAS[44]
		Family Myxococcaceae	TAS[45]
		Genus Myxococcus	TAS[46]
		Species Myxococcus fulvus	TAS[47, 48]
		Strain 124B02	TAS[10]
	Gram strain	Negative	TAS[44]
	Cell shape	Rod	TAS[1]
	Motility	Motile	TAS[1]
	Sporulation	Myxospore	TAS[1]
	Temperature range	Mesophile, 25–35 °C	TAS[44]
	Optimum temperature	26–32 °C	TAS[44]
	pH range; Optimum	6.4–8.8; 6.8–7.6	TAS[47]
	Carbon source	Macromolecules such as proteins	TAS[44]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Soil	IDA
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Non-halophile	NAS
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Aerobic	TAS[1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relation	Free-living	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogen	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS[49]
	Isolation	Soil	IDA
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Changchun, China	IDA
MIGS-5	Sample Collection	1999	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	not reported
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	not reported
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	not reported

^aEvidence codes – TAS traceable author statement, i.e. the direct report 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 [19]