Complete genome sequence of Methanospirillum hungatei type strain JF1

Table 1 Classification and features of Methanospirillum hungatei strain JF1 according to MIGS recommendations [45] published by the genomic standards consortium [46] and the names for life database [47]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code^a
	Current classification	Domain Archaea	TAS [48]
		Phylum Euryarchaeota	TAS [49]
		Class Methanomicrobia	TAS [50]
		Order Methanomicrobiales	TAS [51]
		Family Methanospirillaceae	TAS [2]
		Genus Methanospirillum	TAS [1]
		Species Methanospirillum hungatei	TAS [1]
		Type strain JF-1	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	Negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	Curved rods 0.5 μM x 7.4 μM	TAS [1]
	Motility	Motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	Non-sporulating	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	30 °C-40 °C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	37 °C	TAS [1]
	pH range; Optimum	6.5–10; 6.6–7.4	TAS [2]
	Carbon source	Carbon dioxide, formate, acetate	TAS [1]
	Energy source	Hydrogen, formate	TAS [1]
	Terminal electron receptor	Carbon dioxide	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Anaerobic sediments, sewage digesters	TAS [1]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Fresh to brackish water	TAS [1]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Strict anaerobe	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Syntrophic	TAS [1]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogen	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	USA, Urbana, IL	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1972	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	40.109°N	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	88.204°W	NAS
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	222 m	TAS [1]

These evidence codes are from the Gene Ontology project [52]
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)
^aEvidence codes

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