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

Bacterial strain BBQ-18, isolated from a freshwater lake in Taiwan, is characterized using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and coding sequences of 92 protein clusters indicate that strain BBQ-18 forms a phylogenetic lineage in the genus Flavobacterium. Strain BBQ-18 is most closely related to Flavobacterium alvei HR-AY with 98.

sp. nov., isolated from a crocodile pond.

Bacterial strain CCP-6, isolated from a freshwater pond in Taiwan, was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and an up-to-date bacterial core gene set (92 protein clusters) indicated that strain CCP-6 is affiliated with species in the genus . Strain CCP-6 was most closely related to CCUG 44693 with a 98.

Mucilaginibacter limnophilus sp. nov., isolated from a lake.

A polyphasic taxonomy approach was used to characterize strain YBJ-36, isolated from a freshwater lake in Taiwan. Phylogenetic analyses, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and coding sequences of an up-to-date bacterial core gene set (92 protein clusters), indicated that strain YBJ-36 formed a phylogenetic lineage in the genus Mucilaginibacter. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity indicated that strain YBJ-36 is closely related to species within the genus Mucilaginibacter (93.

Inhella crocodyli sp. nov., isolated from a crocodile pond.

Strain CCP-18, isolated from a freshwater pond in Taiwan, was characterized by using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain CCP-18 belongs to the genus Inhella and has the highest levels of sequence similarity with respect to Inhella inkyongensis IMCC1713 (98.9 %) and Inhella fonticola TNR-25 (98.

Sphingomonas crocodyli sp. nov., isolated from a crocodile pond.

Strain CCP-7, isolated from a freshwater pond in Taiwan, was characterized using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and coding sequences of 92 protein clusters indicated that strain CCP-7 formed a phylogenetic lineage in the genus Sphingomonas. Strain CCP-7 was most closely related to Sphingomonas starnbergensis 382 and Sphingomonas naphthae DKC-5-1 with 96.

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

A bacterial strain, BBQ-12, was isolated from a freshwater lake in Taiwan. The strain was Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, motile by gliding, rod-shaped and formed yellow colonies. Optimal growth occurred at 25 °C, pH 6 and in the absence of NaCl.