Genome analyses of the carboxydotrophic sulfate-reducers Desulfotomaculum nigrificans and Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans and reclassification of Desulfotomaculum caboxydivorans as a later synonym of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans

Table 1. Classification and general features of D. nigrificans DSM 574 according to the MIGS recommendations [10]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code^a
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [11]
		Phylum Firmicutes	TAS [12–14]
		Class Clostridia	TAS [15,16]
		Order Clostridiales	TAS [17,18]
		Family Peptococcaceae	TAS [17,19]
		Genus Desulfotomaculum	TAS [17,20,21]
		Species Desulfotomaculum nigrificans	TAS [17,20]
		Type strain Delft 74	TAS [12–14]
	Gram stain	negative, with a Gram-positive cell wall structure
	Cell shape	rods, rounded ends, sometimes paired	TAS [1]
	Motility	Slight tumbling, peritrichous flagella	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	oval, terminal or subterminal, slightly swelling the cell	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	30–70 °C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	55 °C	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	glucose and other carbohydrates	TAS [1,4,5]
	Energy source	heterotrophic	TAS [1,4,5]
	Electron acceptor	sulfate, thiosulfate and sulfite.	TAS [4]
MIGS-6	Habitat	soils, compost heaps, thermal spring water, spoiled foods.	TAS [1]
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	not reported
MIGS-22	Oxygen	obligate anaerobic	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free living	TAS [1]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Delft, The Netherlands
MIGS-5	Sample collection time
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	52.011
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	4.360
MIGS-4.3	Depth	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 [22].

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