A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium (designated strain Kw05 T ) was isolated from granules used in the wastewater treatment plant of a beer-brewing factory in Kwang-Ju, Republic of Korea. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain Kw05T was shown to belong to the family Flavobacteriaceae, and was most closely related toFlavobacterium limicola (96?6 %), Flavobacterium hibernum (96?3 %), Flavobacterium hydatis (96?1 %) and Flavobacterium xinjiangense (96?1 %). The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain Kw05 T was 36?2 mol%, within the range of 32-37 mol% for the genus Flavobacterium.Chemotaxonomic data (major menaquinone MK-6; major fatty acids iso-C 15 : 0 , iso-C 17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C 15 : 0 3-OH and iso-