Complete genome sequence of the termite hindgut bacterium Spirochaeta coccoides type strain (SPN1T), 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.

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