The type strain is Mizu2-1T (5JCM 17196T 5DSM 23829T
),
isolated from a flower of Inula ciliaris var. glandulosa, a
chrysanthemum (Japanese common name oze-mizugiku), that
was collected from Oze National Park in August 2008. Four
additional strains, Gon2-7 (5JCM 17197), Koba6-1 (5JCM
17198), Koyu2-2 (5JCM 17199) and Miya2-7 (5JCM 17200),
are included in this species (details of isolation in legend to
Supplementary Fig. S1). All five strains were isolated from
mountain flowers in the area of Oze National Park.