Skip to main content

Table 1 Classification and general features of Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3 according to MIGS recommendations[9]

From: An Updated genome annotation for the model marine bacterium Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3

MIGS ID

Property

Term

Evidence codea

 

Current classification

Domain Bacteria

TAS [10]

  

Phylum Proteobacteria

TAS [11]

  

Class Alphaproteobacteria

TAS [12, 13]

  

Order Rhodobacterales

TAS [12, 14]

  

Family Rhodobacteraceae

TAS [12, 15]

  

Genus Ruegeria

TAS [7, 16–18]

  

Species Ruegeria pomeroyi

TAS [7, 19]

  

Type strain DSS-3 = ATCC 700808 T = DSM 15171

 
 

Gram stain

Negative

TAS [8]

 

Cell shape

Rod

TAS [8]

 

Motility

Motile

TAS [8]

 

Sporulation

Non-sporulating

NAS

 

Temperature range

Mesophile (10°C-40°C)

TAS [8]

 

Optimum temperature

30°C

 
 

Carbon source

Acetate, ethanol, DL-β-hydroxybutyrate, glucose, succinate, acrylic acid, cysteic acid, glycerol, citrate, pyruvate, casamino acids, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-serine, L-taurine, L-methionine, DMSP and glycine betaine

TAS [8]

 

Energy source

Carbon compounds

 
 

Terminal electron receptor

Oxygen

 

MIGS-6

Habitat

Marine

 

MIGS-6.3

Salinity

Optimum 100–400 mM

TAS [8]

MIGS-22

Oxygen

Aerobic

TAS [8]

MIGS-15

Biotic relationship

Free-living

TAS [8]

MIGS-14

Pathogenicity

Non-pathogenic

NAS

MIGS-4

Geographic location

Coastal Georgia, USA

TAS [8]

MIGS-5

Sample collection time

June 1996

NAS

MIGS-4.1 MIGS-4.2

Latitude – Longitude

31.989616 N, 81.022768 W

NAS

MIGS-4.3

Depth

Surface

NAS

MIGS-4.4

Altitude

Sea level

NAS

  1. aEvidence codes - 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).