Flavobacterium rivulicola

Flavobacterium rivulicola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Flavobacteriia
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Flavobacteriaceae
Genus:	Flavobacterium
Species:	F. rivulicola
Binomial name
	Flavobacterium rivulicola; Kim et al. 2024
Type strain
	IMCC34852T (KACC 23133T, KCTC 82066T, NBRC 114419T)

Last updated September 19, 2025

Flavobacterium rivulicola is a Gram-negative aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae. It was isolated from a freshwater stream in South Korea and formally described as a new species in 2024.^[1]

Morphology and physiology

Flavobacterium rivulicola forms yellow-pigmented colonies on agar. Cells are non-spore-forming and non-motile bacilli. It grows at temperatures between 10–37 °C, within a pH range of 6.0–9.0, and tolerates up to 0.5% NaCl (w/v).^[1]

References

1 2 Kim, Sumin; Park, Miri S.; Kang, Ilnam; Cho, Jang-Cheon (September 2024). "Flavobacterium rivulicola sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater stream". Current Microbiology. 81 (9): 290. doi:10.1007/s00284-024-03814-6.

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[Kim2024-1] 1 2 Kim, Sumin; Park, Miri S.; Kang, Ilnam; Cho, Jang-Cheon (September 2024). "Flavobacterium rivulicola sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater stream". Current Microbiology. 81 (9): 290. doi:10.1007/s00284-024-03814-6.

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