sp. nov., isolated from a large freshwater lake.

A Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, motile with a single polar flagellum and rod-shaped bacterium as a bacterial host of podovirus P26218, designated IMCC26218, was isolated from Lake Soyang, South Korea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain IMCC26218 belonged to the genus of the family and shared 97.7-99.

Flavobacterium lacicola sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake.

A bacterial strain, designated IMCC25901, was isolated from a freshwater lake, Soyang, in the Republic of Korea. The strain was Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile, orange-coloured and short rod-shaped. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain IMCC25901 was most closely related to Flavobacterium yonginense HMD1001 (97.

Deinococcus lacus sp. nov., a gamma radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from an artificial freshwater pond.

A Gram-stain-negative, pink-coloured, non-motile and gamma radiation-resistant bacterium, designated strain IMCC1711, was isolated from a freshwater sample collected from an artificial pond (Inkyong Pond). The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain IMCC1711 was most closely related to Deinococcus piscis 3ax (94.2 %) and formed a robust phylogenetic clade with other species of the genus Deinococcus.

Flavobacterium chuncheonense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium luteum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake.

Two Gram-staining-negative, orange coloured, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterial strains, designated strains IMCC26013 and IMCC26026, were isolated from a freshwater sample collected from Lake Soyang in Korea. The 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic analyses showed that both strains belonged to the genus Flavobacterium and that strains IMCC26013 and IMCC26026 were most closely related to Flavobacterium psychrophilum (96.5 %) and Flavobacterium myungsuense (97.

Flavobacterium soyangense sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium, isolated from an oligotrophic freshwater lake.

A bacterial strain, designated IMCC26223T, was isolated from an oligotrophic freshwater lake, Lake Soyang, Korea. Cells of strain IMCC26223T were Gram-staining negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile and short-rod-shaped. Growth occurred at pH 6-8 (optimum, pH 7.

Flavobacterium inkyongense sp. nov., isolated from an artificial freshwater pond.

A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated strain IMCC27201T, was isolated from an artificial freshwater pond (Inkyong) in Korea. Growth of strain IMCC27201T occurred at 10-37 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 7.0-8.

Emticiciafontis sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond.

A bacterial strain, designated IMCC1731T, was isolated from an eutrophic freshwater pond and characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Cellular growth occurred at pH 6-9 (optimum, pH 8.0), at 10-30 °C (optimum, 25 °C) and with 0-1 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %).