Table 1.

Classification and general features of 10.1601/nm.5116 10.1601/strainfinder?urlappend=%3Fid%3DNRRL+B-23460 [53]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence codea
	Classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [54]
		Phylum 10.1601/nm.3874	TAS [55]
		Class 10.1601/nm.4854	TAS [56, 57]
		Order Bacilliales	TAS [58]
		Family Paenibacilliaceae	TAS [56]
		Genus 10.1601/nm.5109	TAS [26, 59]
		Species apiarius	TAS [25]
		(Type) strain: 10.1601/strainfinder?urlappend=%3Fid%3DNRRL+B-23460 T
	Gram stain	Positive	TAS [25]
	Cell shape	Rod	TAS [25]
	Motility	Motile	TAS [25]
	Sporulation	Endospores with thick coats	TAS [25]
	Temperature range	15–40 °C	TAS [25]
	Optimum temperature	28 °C	TAS [25]
	pH range; Optimum	Not reported
	Carbon source	D-glucose, D-galactose, cellobiose, maltose, melibiose, sucrose, trehalose, salicin; can hydrolyize starch, casein	TAS [13]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Soil and honeybee associated	TAS [13]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	5% NaCl (w/v)	TAS [25]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	facultative	TAS [13]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free-living	TAS [13]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	non-pathogen	TAS [25]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Manitoba, Canada	TAS [13]
MIGS-5	Sample collection	1950s	TAS [13]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	Not reported
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	Not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	Not reported

^a 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 [60]