Genome sequence of the moderately thermophilic sulfur-reducing bacterium Thermanaerovibrio velox type strain (Z-9701T) and emended description of the genus Thermanaerovibrio

Table 1. Classification and general features of T. velox Z9701^T according to the MIGS recommendations [20] (published by the Genome Standards Consortium [21]) and the NamesforLife database [3].

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code
	Current classification	Domain Bacteria	TAS [22]
		Phylum ‘Synergistetes’	TAS [23]
		Class Synergistia	TAS [23]
		Order Synergistales	TAS [23]
		Family Synergistaceae	TAS [23]
		Genus Thermanaerovibrio	TAS [1,2]
		Species Thermanaerovibrio velox	TAS [1]
		Type strain Z-9701	TAS [1]
	Gram stain	negative	TAS [1]
	Cell shape	curved rods	TAS [1]
	Motility	motile	TAS [1]
	Sporulation	non-sporulating
	Temperature range	thermophile, 45–70°C	TAS [1]
	Optimum temperature	60–65°C	TAS [1]
	Salinity	no NaCl required for growth, but can tolerate up to 35 g l⁻¹	TAS [1]
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	obligate anaerobe	TAS [1]
	Carbon source	glucose, fructose, mannose, yeast extract	TAS [1]
	Energy metabolism	organotrophic sulfur-reducer	TAS [1]
MIGS-6	Habitat	hot spring	TAS [1]
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	free living	TAS [1]
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	none	NAS
	Biosafety level	1	TAS [24]
MIGS-23.1	Isolation	cyanobacterial mat	TAS [1]
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Uzon caldera, Kamchatka, Russia	TAS [1]
MIGS-5	Sample collection time	1997 or earlier	NAS
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	54.519	NAS
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	159.976
MIGS-4.3	Depth	not reported
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	about 1617 m	NAS

Evidence codes - TAS: Traceable Author Statement; NAS: Non-traceable Author Statement, based on a generally accepted property for the species, or anecdotal evidence. Evidence codes are from of the Gene Ontology project [25].

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