%0 Journal Article %A Kuo, Iris %A Saw, Jimmy %A Kapan, Durrell D. %A Christensen, Stephanie %A Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y. %A Donachie, Stuart P. %T Flavobacteriumakiainvivens sp. nov., from decaying wood of Wikstroemia oahuensis, Hawai‘i, and emended description of the genus Flavobacterium %D 2013 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 63 %N Pt_9 %P 3280-3286 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.047217-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Strain IK-1T was isolated from decaying tissues of the shrub Wikstroemia oahuensis collected on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Cells were rods that stained Gram-negative. Gliding motility was not observed. The strain was oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. Zeaxanthin was the major carotenoid. Flexirubin-type pigments were not detected. The most abundant fatty acids in whole cells of IK-1T grown on R2A were iso-C15 : 0 and one or both of C16 : 1ω7c and C16 : 1ω6c. Based on comparisons of the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene, the closest neighbouring type strains were Flavobacterium rivuli WB 3.3-2T and Flavobacterium subsaxonicum WB 4.1-42T, with which IK-1T shares 93.84 and 93.67 % identity, respectively. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 44.2 mol%. On the basis of distance from its nearest phylogenetic neighbours and phenotypic differences, the species Flavobacterium akiainvivens sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate strain IK-1T ( = ATCC BAA-2412T = CIP 110358T) as the type strain. The description of the genus Flavobacterium is emended to reflect the DNA G+C contents of Flavobacterium akiainvivens IK-1T and other species of the genus Flavobacterium described since the original description of the genus. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.047217-0