Complete genome sequence of the sulfate-reducing firmicute Desulfotomaculum ruminis type strain (DLT)

Table 1. Classification and general features of D. ruminis DL^T according to the MIGS recommendations [13] and the NamesforLife database [3].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [14]
		Phylum Firmicutes	TAS [15–17]
		Class Clostridia	TAS [18,19]
		Order Clostridiales	TAS [20,21]
		Family Peptococcaceae	TAS [20,22]
		Genus Desulfotomaculum	TAS [1,6,20]
		Species Desulfotomaculum ruminis	TAS [1,20]
		Type strain DL	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	rod-shaped	TAS [1]
	Motility	motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	sporulating	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	48°C is the upper limit	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	37°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	obligate anaerobe	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	acetate in combination with CO₂ and a variety of other organic compounds	TAS [23]
	Energy metabolism	mixotrophic, heterotrophic	TAS [1,23]
MIGS-6	Habitat	rumen contents of sheep, fresh water, mud, sea water, soil	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free-living	TAS [1]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	TAS [1]
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [24]
	Isolation	rumen of hay-fed sheep	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Babraham, Cambridgeshire, UK	TAS [4]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1955 or before	TAS [4]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	52.134	TAS [4]
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	0.206	TAS [4]
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 [25].

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