A Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated 25-1 T , was isolated from the air inside giant panda enclosures at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, China. Strain 25-1 T grew optimally at pH 7.0-8.0, at 28-30 °C and in the presence of NaCl concentrations from 0.0% to 0.5 %. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strain 25-1 T belongs to the genus Chryseobacterium within the family Flavobacteriaceae and is related most closely to C. carnis G81 T (96.4% similarity), C. lathyri RBA2-6 T (95.8% similarity), and C. zeae JM1085 T (95.8% similarity). Its genomic DNA G+C molar composition was 36.2%. The major cellular fatty acids were iso-C 15:0 (44.0%), iso-C 17:0 3OH (19.8%) and C 16:1 ω7c/ 16:1 ω6c (12.7%). The only isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone 6 (MK-6). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified amino lipids and two unidentified lipids. The DNA-DNA relatedness between strain 25-1 T and C. lathyri RBA2-6 T was 38%. Phenotypic, genotypic, and phylogenetic characteristics indicated that strain 25-1 T is a novel member of the genus Chryseobacterium, for which the name C. chengduensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 25-1 T (CCTCC AB2015133 T =DSM 100396 T ).