@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02521-0, author = "Yi, Hana and Chang, Young-Hyo and Oh, Hyun Woo and Bae, Kyung Sook and Chun, Jongsik", title = "Zooshikella ganghwensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediments", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2003", volume = "53", number = "4", pages = "1013-1018", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02521-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02521-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Two red pigment-producing bacterial strains with a metallic green sheen were isolated from a sediment sample of getbol, the Korean tidal flat. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences showed that these isolates represent a phyletic lineage within the γ-Proteobacteria that is distantly related to the genus Hahella. No bacterial species with validly published names showed ⩾92 % 16S rRNA similarity with the getbol isolates. The strains were Gram-negative, chemo-organotrophic, aerobic and required NaCl (1–7 %) for growth. They produced pigments with maximum absorption at 540 nm, which indicated the presence of prodigiosin, a well-known red pigment previously detected in Serratia marcescens. The major isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-9. The predominant cellular fatty acids were saturated and monounsaturated straight-chain fatty acids. The DNA G+C contents ranged from 40 to 42 mol%. The combination of physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic data clearly separated the test strains from other phylogenetically related genera in the γ-Proteobacteria. On the basis of polyphasic evidence from this study, it is proposed that the two getbol isolates should be classified in a novel genus, Zooshikella gen. nov., as Zooshikella ganghwensis sp. nov.", }