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 2. Classification and general features of D. carboxydivorans DSM 14880 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 carboxydivorans	TAS [17,20]
		Type strain CO-1-SRB	TAS [12–14]
	Gram stain	negative, with a Gram-positive cell wall structure	TAS [6]
	Cell shape	rods, rounded ends, sometimes paired.	TAS [6]
	Motility	twisting and tumbling motion	TAS [6]
	Sporulation	oval, terminal or subterminal	TAS [6]
	Temperature range	30–68°C	TAS [6]
	Optimum temperature	55°C	TAS [6]
	Carbon source	100% CO, with and without sulfate	TAS [6]
	Energy source	hydrogenogenic and heterotrophic growth	TAS [6]
	Electron acceptor	sulfate, thiosulfate and sulfite.	TAS [6]
MIGS-6	Habitat	Paper mill waste water sludge
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	0–17 g NaCl l⁻¹	TAS [6]
MIGS-22	Oxygen	obligate anaerobe	TAS [6]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free living	TAS [6]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Eerbeek, the Netherlands	TAS [6]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1999	TAS [6]
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	52.104217	TAS [6]
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	6.060133	TAS [6]
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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