Genome sequence of the Thermotoga thermarum type strain (LA3T) from an African solfataric spring

Table 1. Classification and general features of T. thermarum LA3^T according to the the MIGS recommendations [24].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [25]
		Phylum ‘Thermotogae’	TAS [26,27]
		Class Thermotogae	TAS [26,28]
		Order Thermotogales	TAS [26,29]
		Family Thermotogaceae	TAS [26,30]
		Genus Thermotoga	TAS [3,31]
		Species Thermotoga thermarum	TAS [1,32]
		Type strain LA3	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	rods with a ‘toga’ (a sheath-like structure)	TAS [1]
	Motility	motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	not reported
	Temperature range	thermophile, 55–84°C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	70°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	0.2 – 0.6% NaCl (w/v), opt 0.35%	TAS [31]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	anaerobe	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	yeast extract, glucose, maltose, starch	TAS [1]
	Energy metabolism	chemoorganotroph	NAS
MIGS-6	Habitat	low salinity hydrothermal well water	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free living	TAS [1]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [33]
MIGS-23.1	Isolation	continental solfataric spring	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Lac Abbé, southwest of Asbalto, Djibouti	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1989 or earlier	NAS
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	11.162	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	41.781	NAS
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	5 – 30 m	TAS [1]

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 of the Gene Ontology project [34].

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