Elizabethkingia meningoseptica strains either are not pigmented or produce a weak yellow nondiffusible pigment (e.g., the type strain; Bruun and Ursing, 1987), in contrast members of all Chryseobacterium species produce a yellow to orange nondiffusible flexirubin type pigment.n 1994, it was reclassified in the genus Chryseobacterium and renamed Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (chryseos = golden in Greek, so Chryseobacterium means a golden/yellow rod similar to Flavobacterium).
Spokane's hot weather appears from May to September, when temperatures can peak in the 80s or 90s Fahrenheit. The city averages 16 days a year with 90-degree temperatures. A day occasionally heats up to 100 Â°F (38 Â°C), although not every year.
The city sits on the eastern edge of the broad Columbia Basin, which is bounded by the Cascade Range to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the east. Much of the urban area lies along both sides of the Spokane River with residential areas spreading to plateau crests 500 feet above the city. The climate combines characteristics of damp, coastal weather with high-altitude, high-latitude, arid conditions. Rainfall is less than 50% of that directly west of the Cascades.