The complete genome sequence of Ensifer meliloti strain CCMM B554 (FSM-MA), a highly effective nitrogen-fixing microsymbiont of Medicago truncatula Gaertn

Table 1 Classification and general features of E. meliloti strain FSM-MA

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code^a
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [32]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS [33]
		Class Alphaproteobacteria	TAS [34, 35]
		Order Rhizobiales	TAS [35,36,37]
		Family Rhizobiaceae	TAS [37, 38]
		Genus Ensifer	TAS [39,40,41,42,43]
		Species Ensifer meliloti	TAS [40, 42]
		Strain FSM-MA (B554)
	Gram stain	Negative	IDA
	Cell shape	Rod	IDA
	Motility	Motile	IDA
	Sporulation	Non-sporulating	NAS
	Temperature range	Mesophile	NAS
	Optimum temperature	28–37 °C	IDA
	pH range	5.5–9.5	IDA
	Carbon source	Various	TAS [44]
GS-6	Habitat	Soil, root nodule on hosts	IDA
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	Unknown	NAS
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Aerobic	NAS
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free living, Symbiotic	IDA
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogen	TAS [45]
	Energy source	Chemoorganotroph	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogenic	NAS
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Maamora Forest, Morocco	NAS
MIGS-5	Sample collection	2004	NAS
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	Not reported	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	Not reported	NAS
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	Not reported	NAS

^aEvidence 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 [46] (http://geneontology.org/page/guide-go-evidence-codes)

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