A total of 31 bacterial strains were isolated from the Geum River basin in the Republic of Korea during our investigation of indigenous prokaryotic species. The isolated bacterial strains had high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (>98.7%) with those of validly published bacterial species, which have not been reported in Republic of Korea. The 31 bacterial strains were phylogenetically diverse and assigned to 4 phyla, 8 classes, 18 orders, 21 families, and 27 genera. At the genus level, the unreported species were affiliated with Kineococcus, Pedococcus, Rhodoluna, Salinibacterium, Rhodoluna, Arthrobacter, Williamsia, Nakamurella, Nocardioides of the class Actinobacteria, Patulibacter of the class Thermoleophilia, Pontibacter, Hymenobacter of the class Cytophagia, Flavobacterium of the class Flavobacteriia, Geomicrobium of the class Bacilli, Brevundimonas, Gellertiella, Rhizobium, Paracoccus, Taonella, Sphingomonas of the class Alphaproteobacteria, Burkholderia, Polaromonas, Hydrogenophaga, Chitinilyticum, Azospira, Zoogloea of the class Betaproteobacteria, and Pseudomonas of the class Gammaproteobacteria. The unreported bacterial species were further characterized by examining their morphological, cultural, physiological, and biochemical properties. The detailed descriptions of the 31 bacterial strains were provided.

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• Hyangmi Kim(Bacteria Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR)) Corresponding author
• Sanghwa Park(Bacteria Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR))
• Kyung June Yim(Bacteria Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR))
• Ja Young Cho(Bacteria Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR))
• Eui-Jin Kim(Bacteria Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR))