Complete genome sequence of the facultatively chemolithoautotrophic and methylotrophic alpha Proteobacterium Starkeya novella type strain (ATCC 8093T)

Table 1. Classification and general features of S. novella according to the MIGS recommendations [47] and the NamesforLife database [48].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [49]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS [50]
		Class Alphaproteobacteria	TAS [51,52]
		Order ‘Rhizobiales’	TAS [52,53]
		Family Xanthobacteraceae	TAS [54]
		Genus Starkeya	TAS [1]
		Species Starkeya novella	TAS [1]
		Type strain ATCC 8093	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	rod-shaped (some coccobacilli)	TAS [1]
	Motility	non-motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	not reported
	Temperature range	mesophile, 10–37°C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	25–30°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	strictly aerobic	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	CO₂, citrate, glutamic acid (among others)	TAS [1,3]
	Energy metabolism	facultatively chemolithoautotroph and methylotroph, heterotroph	TAS [1,5]
MIGS-6	Habitat	soil	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free living	NAS
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [55]
MIGS-23.1	Isolation	soil	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	not reported (probably New Jersey)
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1934 or before	TAS [6,7]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	not reported
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	not reported
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	not reported

Evidence codes - 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). Evidence codes are from the Gene Ontology project [56].