Four Gram-positive, rod-shaped, none-sporeforming, non-motile isolates were obtained from various raw milk samples taken from the cooling tank on a research farm in Königswinter, Germany. Based on phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA genes and whole genome sequences, all isolates were assigned to the genus Corynebacterium , but were divided in two different groups. All isolates contained C 18 : 1 cis 9 and C 16 : 0 as predominant fatty acids, as well as traces of C 18 : 0 . They all contained menaquinones MK-8 (H…