Complete genome sequence of the moderately thermophilic mineral-sulfide-oxidizing firmicute Sulfobacillus acidophilus type strain (NALT)

Table 1. Classification and general features of S. acidophilus NAL^T according to the MIGS recommendations [20] and the NamesforLife database [21].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [22]
		Phylum “Firmicutes”	TAS [23–25]
		Class Clostridia	TAS [26,27]
		Order Clostridiales	TAS [28,29]
		Family “XVII incertae sedis”	TAS [5,30]
		Genus Sulfobacillus	TAS [31–33]
		Species Sulfobacillus acidophilus	TAS [3,34]
		Type strain NAL	TAS [3]
	Gram stain	positive	TAS [3]
	Cell shape	rods	TAS [3]
	Motility	non-motile	NAS
	Sporulation	spherical endospores	TAS [3]
	Temperature range	not reported
	Optimum temperature	48°C	TAS [35]
	Salinity	not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	facultative anaerobe	TAS [4]
	Carbon source	CO₂, organic compounds	TAS [3]
	Energy metabolism	autotrophic, mixotrophic, heterotrophic	TAS [3]
MIGS-6	Habitat	acidic sulfidic and sulfurous sites	TAS [35]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free-living	TAS [3]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [36]
	Isolation	coal spoil heap	TAS [3]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Alvecote, North Warwickshire, UK	TAS [3]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1988	TAS [3]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	52.638	TAS [3]
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	−1.641	TAS [3]
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	not reported

Evidence codes - IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay (first time in publication); 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 [37]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property was directly observed for a living isolate by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.

ISSN: 2524-6372