The complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archaeon ISO4-H5 provides insights into the methylotrophic lifestyle of a ruminal representative of the Methanomassiliicoccales

Table 1 Classification and general features of the methanogenic archaeon ISO4-H5

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code^a
	Current classification	Domain: Archaea	TAS [64]
		Phylum: Euryarchaeota	TAS [65]
		Class: Thermoplasmata	TAS [66]
		Order: Methanomassiliicoccales	TAS [66, 67]
		Family:
		Genus:
		Species:
		Strain: ISO4-H5	TAS [30]
	Gram stain	Not applicable
	Cell shape	Coccoid 0.3 μm ~ 0.6 μm diameter
	Motility	Non-motile
	Sporulation	Not spore-forming	IDA
	Temperature range	Not reported
	Optimum temperature	38/39 °C	TAS [30]
	pH range	Not reported
	Optimum pH	Not reported
	Carbon source	Not reported
	Energy source	H₂ + methanol, mono-, di-, or trimethylamine	IDA
	Terminal electron receptor	Methyl-substrates	IDA
MIGS-6	Habitat	Ovine rumen	TAS [30]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen	Strict anaerobe	IDA
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Symbiont of ruminants	TAS [30]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Not known as a pathogen	NAS
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Palmerston North, New Zealand	IDA
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	Autumn, 2008	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	Latitude: -40.35 (40°21'00"S)	IDA
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	Longitude: +175.61 (175°36'36"E)	IDA
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	30 m	IDA

^aEvidence codes – TAS Traceable Author Statement (i.e., a direct report exists in the literature), IDA Inferred from Direct Assay, 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 [68]

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