Flavobacterium compostarboris sp. nov., isolated from leaf-and-branch compost, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium hercynium, Flavobacterium resistens and Flavobacterium johnsoniae.

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A strictly aerobic, Gram-negative, yellow-pigmented, non-spore-forming rod, designated 15C3(T), was isolated from aerobic leaf-and-branch compost at EXPO Park in Osaka, Japan. Growth was observed at 9-33 °C (optimum 25 °C) and pH 5.6-7.9 (optimum pH 6.1-7.0). No growth occurred with >2% (w/v) NaCl. Strain 15C3(T) reduced nitrate to nitrogen and showed catalase activity but not oxidase activity. The predominant...

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