MIGS ID | Property | Term | Evidence codea |
---|---|---|---|
 | Current classification | Domain Bacteria | TAS [6] |
 |  | Phylum Firmicutes | |
 |  | Class Clostridia | |
 |  | Order Clostridiales | |
 |  | Family Peptococcaceae | |
 |  | Genus Desulfotomaculum | |
 |  | Species Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae | TAS [1] |
 |  | Type strain Groll |  |
 | Gram stain | Negative with a Gram-positive cell wall structure | |
 | Cell shape | Straight or slightly curved rods with pointed ends | |
 | Motility | Motile, but motility was lost during cultivation | |
 | Sporulation | Spherical and central, slightly swelling the cell | |
 | Temperature range | 20–40°C | |
 | Optimum temperature | 35–37°C | |
 | Carbon source | CO2 (autotrophic) and many organic compounds including aromatic compounds | |
 | Energy source | Sulfate-dependent growth and fermentative growth with pyruvate, crotonate, formate, H2 + CO2, and methoxylated aromatic compounds | |
 | Electron acceptor Habitat | Sulfate, thiosulfate and sulfite | |
MIGS-6 | Â | Fresh water, mud, soil | |
 | pH range | 6.0–8.0 |  |
MIGS-6.2 | Optimum pH | 6.9–7.2 | |
MIGS-6.3 | Salinity | 0–35 g l−1, no addition of NaCl necessary | |
MIGS-22 | Oxygen | Obligate anaerobe | |
MIGS-15 | Biotic relationship | Free living | |
MIGS-14 | Pathogenicity | BSF 1 [16] | Â |
MIGS-4 | Geographic location | Grolland, Bremen, Germany | |
MIGS-5 | Sample collection time | Spring 1989 | Â |
MIGS-4.1 | Latitude | 53.058 N | Â |
MIGS-4.2 | Longitude | 8.762 E | Â |
MIGS-4.3 | Depth | 60 cm (water), 1 cm sediment | Â |