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Two Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, designated strains Sr22T and Sr25T, were isolated from water of melted ice from the China No.1 glacier, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Cells formed yellow, circular, convex colonies. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that strains Sr22T and Sr25T belong to the genus Flavobacterium , sharing ≤99.1 and ≤99.6 % similarity, respectively, with the type strains of recognized species of the genus. Strain Sr22T shared highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Flavobacterium tiangeerense CGMCC 1.6847T (98.6 %), Flavobacterium fryxellicola LMG 22022T (98.1 %) and Flavobacterium omnivorum CGMCC 1.2747T (99.1 %). Strain Sr25T shared highest similarity with Flavobacterium sinopsychrotolerans CGMCC 1.8704T (98.5 %), Flavobacterium degerlachei NBRC 102677T (98.4 %) and Flavobacterium xinjiangense CGMCC 1.2749T (99.5 %). The predominant fatty acids of strain Sr22T were iso-C15 : 1 G (6.01 %), iso-C15 : 0 (8.93 %), iso-C16 : 1 H (12.68 %), iso-C16 : 0 (10.4 %), C15 : 1ω6c (8.97 %), C17 : 1ω6c (5.96 %), iso-C16 : 0 3-OH (11.14 %) and summed feature 3 (comprising C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c, 12.33 %). The major fatty acids of strain Sr25T were iso-C15 : 0 (10.8 %), anteiso-C15 : 0 (5.23 %), C15 : 1ω6c (11.79 %), C17 : 1ω6c (5.43 %), iso-C16 : 0 3-OH (7.04 %) and summed feature 3 (20.42 %). The genomic DNA G+C contents of strains Sr22T and Sr25T were 37.2 and 35.1 mol%. On the basis of differential phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, these strains are considered to represent two novel species of the genus Flavobacterium , for which the names Flavobacterium xueshanense sp. nov. (type strain Sr22T = CGMCC 1.9227T = NBRC 106479T) and Flavobacterium urumqiense sp. nov. (type strain Sr25T = CGMCC 1.9230T = NBRC 106480T) are proposed.