Genome sequence of Ensifer meliloti strain WSM1022; a highly effective microsymbiont of the model legume Medicago truncatula A17

Table 1. Classification and general features of Ensifer meliloti WSM1022 according to the MIGS recommendations [12]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [13]
		Phylum Proteobacteria	TAS [14]
		Class Alphaproteobacteria	TAS [15,16]
		Order Rhizobiales	TAS [16,17]
		Family Rhizobiaceae	TAS [18,19]
		Genus Ensifer	TAS [20–22]
		Species Ensifer meliloti	TAS [21]
	Gram stain	Negative	IDA
	Cell shape	Rod	IDA
	Motility	Motile	IDA
	Sporulation	Non-sporulating	NAS
	Temperature range	Mesophile	NAS
	Optimum temperature	28°C	NAS
	Salinity	Non-halophile	NAS
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Aerobic	TAS [7]
	Carbon source	Varied	NAS
	Energy source	Chemoorganotroph	NAS
MIGS-6	Habitat	Soil, root nodule, on host	TAS [7]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free living, symbiotic	TAS [7]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogenic	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [23]
	Isolation	Root nodule	TAS [11]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Naxos, Greece	TAS [11]
MIGS-5	Soil collection date	28 April 1987	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Longitude	37.107772	IDA
MIGS-4.2	Latitude	25.387841
MIGS-4.3	Depth	0–10cm
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	Not recorded

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 [24].

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