Complete genome sequence of the halophilic bacterium Spirochaeta africana type strain (Z-7692T) from the alkaline Lake Magadi in the East African Rift

Table 1. Classification and general features of S. africana Z-7692^T according to the MIGS recommendations [21] and the NamesforLife database [22].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [23]
		Phylum Spirochaetae	TAS [24,25]
		Class Spirochaetes	TAS [25,26]
		Order Spirochaetales	TAS [27,28]
		Family Spirochaetaceae	TAS [27,29]
		Genus Spirochaeta	TAS [27,30–32]
		Species Spirochaeta africana	TAS [1]
		Type strain Z-7692	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	spiral shaped	TAS [1]
	Motility	motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	none	TAS [1]
	Temperature range	mesophile	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	30–37°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	halophile	TAS [1]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	anaerobic, aerotolerant	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	saccharolytic, utilize carbohydrates	TAS [1]
	Energy metabolism	chemoorganotroph	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	alkaline salt lakes, fresh water	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free living	TAS [1]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	TAS [1]
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [33]
	Isolation	bacterial bloom in the brine under trona from alkaline lake	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Lake Magadi (Kenya)	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1993 or before	NAS
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	-1.945	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	36.253	NAS
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	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 [34].

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