Table 1.

Classification and general features of Chitinophaga costaii A37T2^T according to the MIGS recommendations [26]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
	Classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [27]
		Phylum Bacteroidetes	TAS [28, 29]
		Class Sphingobacteriia	TAS [28, 30]
		Order Sphingobacteriales	TAS [28, 31]
		Family Chitinophagaceae	TAS [32]
		Genus Chitinophaga	TAS [33]
		Species Chitinophaga costaii	TAS [1]
		Type strain: A37T2T (=CIP 110584T, =LMG 27458T)
	Gram stain	Negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	Rod	TAS [1]
	Motility	Non-motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	Not reported	NAS
	Temperature range	15-45 °C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	26-30 °C	TAS [1]
	pH range; Optimum	5.5-8.0; 7	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	Glucose	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Endophyte of Pinus pinaster tree	TAS [1]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	1.0% NaCl (w/v)	TAS [1]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Facultative anaerobic	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free-living	TAS [1]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogen	NAS
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Portugal	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection	July, 2009	NAS
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	40.2962266	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	−7.9207357	NAS
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	217 m	NAS

^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). These evidence codes are from the Gene Ontology project [34]