sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from .

A Gram-stain negative, aerobic, non-motile, short-rod-shaped bacterium, designated KBL-4-9, was isolated from the storage liquid in the stems of trees in Xinjiang, PR China. Strain KBL-4-9 grew at 4-45 °C (optimum 37 °C), 1-3 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 1 %, w/v) and pH 5.5-9.

Rufibacter tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from soil.

A red-pigmented, Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium which was motile by gliding, designated strain 1351(T), was isolated from the soil of Lengduo, Tibet in China and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. The isolate grows optimally at 30°C and pH 7. It grows with NaCl tolerated up to 1.