Table 1.

Classification and general features of strain ESFC-1 according to the MIGS recommendations [38]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
	Classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [39]
		Phylum Cyanobacteria	TAS [40]
		Class Cyanobacteria	TAS [10]
		Order Oscillatoriales	TAS [10]
		Family Oscillatoriaceae	TAS [10]
		Genus Unclassified	TAS [3]
		Species Unclassified	TAS [3]
		strain: ESFC-1
	Gram stain	Negative	NAS
	Cell shape	Cylindrical cells in filaments	TAS [3]
	Motility	Motile	IDA
	Sporulation	Not reported	NAS
	Temperature range	Mesophilic	NAS
	Optimum temperature	Unknown	NAS
	pH range; Optimum	Unknown	NAS
	Carbon source	Photoautotroph	TAS [3]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Marine/Intertidal	TAS [3]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Euryhaline; 3.5 % NaCl (w/v)	TAS [3]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Aerobic	NAS
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free-living	TAS [3]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogenic	NAS
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Elkhorn Slough, California, USA	TAS [3]
MIGS-5	Sample collection	October, 2009	TAS [3]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	36°48′47″N	TAS [3]
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	121°47′5″W	TAS [3]
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	1.5 m	TAS [3]

^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 ob-served 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 [41]