Complete genome sequence of the termite hindgut bacterium Spirochaeta coccoides type strain (SPN1 T ), reclassification in the genus Sphaerochaeta as Sphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and emendations of the family Spirochaetaceae and the genus Sphaerochaeta

Table 1. Classification and general features of S. coccoides SPN1^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 Spirochaetae	TAS [23,24]
		Class Spirochaetes	TAS [24,25]
		Order Spirochaetales	TAS [26,27]
		Family Spirochaetaceae	TAS [26,28]
		Genus Spirochaeta	TAS [26,29–31]
		Species Spirochaeta coccoides	TAS [1,2]
		Type strain SPN1	TAS [1,2]
	Gram stain	negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	coccoid	TAS [1]
	Motility	Non-motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	none	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	mesophile	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	30°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	obligately anaerobic	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	pentoses (arabinose, xylose), oligosaccharides (maltose, cellobiose, maltotriose, maltotetraose), yeast extract	TAS [1]
	Energy metabolism	chemoorganotroph	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	digestive tract of lower dry-wood termites	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	host associated commensal	TAS [1]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	TAS [1]
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [32]
	Isolation	hindgut of Neotermes castaneus	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	not reported
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	2005 or before	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	not reported
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	not reported
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	not reported

a) Evidence 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 [27]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property should have been directly observed, for the purpose of this specific publication, for a live isolate by one of the authors, or an expert or reputable institution mentioned in the acknowledgements.