Table 3. Gliding motility and iridescence on CYT or CY media.
| Strains | Iridescence1 | Gliding motility | ||
| Marine strains (CYT medium) | Typical edges2 | Rate3 | ||
| Cellulophaga lytica | CECT 8139 | ++ | ++ | Fast |
| CECT 8139 mutant | ∼ | − | ||
| DSM 2040 | +++ | ++ | Fast | |
| DSM 7489(s) | + | + | Moderate | |
| DSM 2039 | ++ | + | Slow | |
| CIP 103822 | − | − | ||
| Cellulophaga baltica | CIP 106307 | ++ | ++ | Slow |
| Cellulophaga fucicola | CIP 106308 | ++ | ++ | Moderate |
| Cellulophaga pacifica | LMG 21938 | ++ | ++ | Moderate |
| Cellulophaga geojensis | CCUG 60801 | ++ | ++ | Slow |
| Cellulophaga tyrosinoxydans | DSM 21164 | ++ | + | Slow |
| Cellulophaga algicola | DSM 14237(s) | − | − | |
| Psychroflexus gondwanensis | DSM 5423 | − | − | |
| Zobellia uliginosa | DSM 2061 | − | + | Moderate |
| Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava | DSM 3653 | − | − | |
| Flavobacterium degerlachei | DSM 15718 | − | − | |
| Maribacter dokdonensis | DSM 17201 | ++ | ++ | Slow |
| Terrestrial strains (CY medium) | ||||
| Flavobacterium johnsoniae | DSM 2064(s) | ++ | ++ | Moderate |
| Flavobacterium aquatile | DSM 1132(s) | − | − | |
| Flavobacterium succinicans | DSM 4002 | + | ++ | Slow |
| Promyxobacterium flavum | DSM 3577 | − | ++ | Moderate |
| Flavobacterium flevensis | DSM 1076 | − | ++ | Slow |
| Sporocytophaga cauliformis | DSM 3657 | + | ++ | Fast |
1
Iridescence intensity: −, none; ∼, microscopically observed; +, low; ++, good; +++, intense.
2
Typical gliding edges: −, none; +, moderate; ++, wide.
3
Gliding motility rates were qualified visually: Fast, spreading movements on the agar with visible distance covered after only 20 min; Moderate, spreading movements at a lower extend; Slow, few movements within the colony with short distance covered.
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Genome sequenced strains.