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However, disease outbreaks during farming not only cause significant economic losses but also substantially increase the risk of zoonotic infections. The identification and characterization of pathogenic bacteria remain a major bottleneck restricting the development of healthy and sustainable mink farming. In this study, an LB medium was used to isolate a pale-white, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterial strain, Qf-1, from minks with pneumonia. Based on morphological characteristics, biochemical properties, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and average nucleotide identity (ANI) analysis, strain Qf-1 was identified as Huaxiibacter chinensis Qf-1. Under laboratory conditions, H. chinensis Qf-1 induced typical pneumonia symptoms in Kunming mice. Furthermore, whole-genome sequencing of H. chinensis Qf-1 revealed its genome to be 4.77 Mb and to contain a single chromosome and one plasmid. The main virulence genes of H. chinensis Qf-1 were primarily associated with flgB, flgC, flgG, aceA, hemL, tssC1, csgD, hofB, ppdD, hcpA, and vgrGA, functioning in motility, biofilm formation, colonization ability, and secretion systems. 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