Thermus oshimai JL-2 and T. thermophilus JL-18 genome analysis illuminates pathways for carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling

Table 1(a). Classification and general features of Thermus oshimai JL-2 according to the MIGS recommendations [13].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code^a
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [14]
		Phylum Deinococcus-Thermus	TAS [15]
		Class Deinococci	TAS [16,17]
		Order Thermales	TAS [16,18]
		Family Thermaceae	TAS [16,19]
		Genus Thermus	TAS [20×22]
		Species Thermus oshimai	TAS [23]
		Type strain JL-2	TAS [6]
	Gram stain	Negative	TAS [13]
	Cell shape	Rod	TAS [6,23]
	Motility	Non-motile	NAS [13]
	Sporulation	Nonsporulating	TAS [13]
	Temperature range	Not reported
	Optimum temperature	70 °C	TAS [13]
	Carbon source	Several mono- and disaccharides; some organic acids and amino acids	TAS [13]
	Energy source	Chemoorganotroph	TAS [6,23]
	Terminal electron acceptor	O₂, NO₃^-	TAS [6,23]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Terrestrial hot springs	TAS [6,23]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	3.90 g/L total dissolved solids	TAS [1]
MIGS-22	Oxygen	Facultative anaerobe (nitrate reduction)	TAS [6,23]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free living	TAS [6,23]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogenic	NAS
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Sandy’s Spring West, Great Boiling Springs geothermal field, Nevada	TAS [6]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	October, 2008	TAS [6]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	N40° 39.182′	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	W119° 22.496′
MIGS-4.3	Depth	Sediment/water interface (shallow)	TAS [1]
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	1,203 m	NAS

^aEvidence 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 Gene Ontology project [24].

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