%0 Journal Article %A Lee, Siwon %A Weon, Hang-Yeon %A Han, Kyudong %A Ahn, Tae-Young %T Flavobacterium dankookense sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater reservoir, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium cheonanense, F. chungnamense, F. koreense and F. aquatile %D 2012 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 62 %N Pt_10 %P 2378-2382 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.032698-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X A novel yellow-pigmented bacterial strain, designated ARSA-19T, was isolated from a freshwater reservoir in Cheonan, Korea. Cells were Gram-staining-negative, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic and positive for catalase and oxidase. The phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain ARSA-19T belonged to the genus Flavobacterium and was related to Flavobacterium macrobrachii an-8T (96.5 % sequence similarity), F. koreense KACC 14969T (96.2 %), F. chungnamense KACC 14971T (96.1 %), F. cheonanense KACC 14972T (96.4 %) and F. aquatile ATCC 11947T (95.6 %). The isolate contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15 : 0 (21.8 %), iso-C16 : 0 3-OH (10.4 %), iso-C15 : 1 G (9.3 %), summed feature 3 (iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1ω7c; 8.2 %), iso-C15 : 0 3-OH (7.7 %) and iso-C16 : 0 (7.3 %) as the major fatty acids. The polar lipids of strain ARSA-19T were phosphatidylethanolamine, four unknown aminolipids and two unidentified polar lipids. The DNA G+C content of strain ARSA-19T was 33.3 mol%. Based on its phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and on the phylogenetic evidence presented, strain ARSA-19T is considered to represent a novel species in the genus Flavobacterium , for which the name Flavobacterium dankookense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ARSA-19T ( = KCTC 23179T  = JCM 17065T  = KACC 14968T). Emended descriptions of Flavobacterium cheonanense , Flavobacterium chungnamense , Flavobacterium koreense and Flavobacterium aquatile are also proposed. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.032698-0