gen. nov., sp. nov. of fam. nov. and sp. nov. from forest soil and proposal of fam. nov.

Two Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterial strains, 7MK25 and 6Y81, were isolated from forest soil of Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, Guangdong Province, PR China. Based on the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain 7MK25 showed the highest similarity (93.6 %) to AR4, followed by DSM 9653 (93.

sp. nov. and sp. nov., isolated from forest soil.

Two Gram-stain negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterial strains, DHOD12 and 7GSK02, were isolated from forest soil of Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, Guangdong Province, PR China. Strain DHOD12 grew at 4-42 °C (optimum, 28-33 °C), pH 4.0-8.

Paraburkholderia flagellata sp. nov. and Paraburkholderia adhaesiva sp. nov., two novel species isolated from forest soil in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve in Guangdong, China.

Two Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile and short rod strains, designated 4D117 and ZD32-2, were isolated from the forest soils. Strains 4D117 and ZD32-2 grew optimally at pH 4.0-6.

sp. nov. and sp. nov., isolated from soil.

Two novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterial strains, designated DHG64 and 4D114, were isolated from forest soil of Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve, Guangdong Province, PR China. DHG64 grew at 12-37 °C (optimum 33 °C), pH 4.5-10.