RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Yi, Hana A1 Chang, Young-Hyo A1 Oh, Hyun Woo A1 Bae, Kyung Sook A1 Chun, JongsikYR 2003 T1 Zooshikella ganghwensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediments JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 53 IS 4 SP 1013 OP 1018 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02521-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02521-0