The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain THG-A13T (1430 bp) was analysed. Sequence similarities indicated that the closest relatives of strain THG-A13T were Lysobacter niabensis GH34-4T (98.5 %), Lysobacter oryzae YC6269T (97.9 %), Lysobacter yangpyeongensis GH19-3T (97.3 %) and L. enzymogenes DSM 2043T (95.5%). Evidence of this relationship between strain THG-A13T and other recognized species of the genus Lysobacter was derived from the phylogenetic tree (Figs 1 and S1, available in the online Supplementary Material).