A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated WF-2(T), was isolated from bensulfuron-methyl contaminated watermelon soil in Weifang, Shandong province, China. Cells of strain WF-2(T)were strictly aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped. Strain WF-2(T)grew optimally at 30 degrees C, pH 7.0. Strain WF-2(T)possessed ubiquinone-8 (Q-8) as the predominant respiratory quinone. The major cellular fatty acids of the strain WF-2(T)(> 5.0%) were iso-C-15:0, anteiso-C-15:0, iso-C-16:0, C-16:0, iso-C-17:0, and summed feature 9 (iso-C-17:1 omega 9c/C(16:0)10-methyl). The polar lipids consisted of two unidentified lipids, three unidentified phospholipids, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and diphosphatidyl glycolipid. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA g(T)ne sequences revealed that WF-2(T)was a member of the genusLuteimonasand showed the highest sequence similarity toLuteimonas lumbrici1.1416(T)(98.6%) andLysobacter pocheonensisGsoil 193(T)(97.9%), lower sequence similarity (< 97.0%) to other known species. The genomic DNA G + C content of WF-2(T)was 69.2 mol%. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) and the digital DNA-DNA hybridizations (DDH) between strains WF-2(T)andL. lumbrici1.1416(T)were 81.9% and 24.7%, respectively. Based on the phylogenetic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data presented here, a new species with the nameLuteimonas weifangensissp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WF-2(T)(= KCTC 62441(T) = CGMCC 1.13633(T)).