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Table 1 Classification and general features of the rumen bacterium B. hungatei MB2003 in accordance with the MIGS recommendations [58]

From: The complete genome sequence of the rumen bacterium Butyrivibrio hungatei MB2003

MIGS ID

Property

Term

Evidence codea

 

Current classification

Domain: Bacteria

TAS [59]

  

Phylum: Firmicutes

TAS [60, 61]

  

Class: Clostridia

TAS [62]

  

Order: Eubacteriales

TAS [63]

  

Family: Lachnospiraceae

TAS [64]

  

Genus: Butyrivibrio

TAS [4]

  

Species: hungatei

TAS [19]

  

Type strain: No

 
  

Strain: MB2003

TAS [20, 21]

 

Gram stain

Positive

TAS [21, 31]

 

Cell shape

Rod

TAS [21, 31]

 

Motility

Non-motile

IDA

 

Sporulation

Not reported

NAS

 

Temperature range

37–39 °C

IDA

 

Optimum temperature

39 °C

IDA

 

pH range; Optimum

6.0–7.0; 6.4

IDA

 

Carbon source

Variety of carbohydrates

IDA

 

Energy metabolism

Fermentative metabolism

IDA

MIGS-6

Habitat

Bovine rumen

TAS [20]

MIGS-6.3

Salinity

Not reported

 

MIGS-22

Oxygen requirement

Anaerobic

IDA

MIGS-15

Biotic relationship

Symbiont of ruminants

TAS [20]

MIGS-14

Pathogenicity

Non-pathogen

NAS

MIGS-4

Geographic location

Ruakura, Hamilton, New Zealand

TAS [20]

MIGS-5

Sample collection time

May 2009

TAS [20]

MIGS-4.1

Latitude

−37.77 (37°46′28″S)

IDA

MIGS-4.2

Longitude

+175.31 (175°18′31″E)

IDA

MIGS-4.4

Altitude

40 m

IDA

  1. aEvidence codes - 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). Evidence codes are from the Gene Ontology project [65]