RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Park, Sooyeon A1 Park, Ji-Min A1 Won, Sung-Min A1 Yoon, Jung-HoonYR 2015 T1 Winogradskyella crassostreae sp. nov., isolated from an oyster (Crassostrea gigas) JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 65 IS Pt_9 SP 2890 OP 2895 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000350 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, non-gliding, aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium, designated TYO-19T, was isolated from an oyster collected from the South Sea in South Korea, and was subjected to a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. Strain TYO-19T grew optimally at 30 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 1.0–2.0  % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain TYO-19T belonged to the genus Winogradskyella, clustering coherently with the type strain of Winogradskyella epiphytica. Strain TYO-19T exhibited a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity value of 99.7  % to W. epiphytica KMM 3906T and 94.2–96.9  % to the type strains of other species of the genus Winogradskyella. Strain TYO-19T contained MK-6 as the predominant menaquinone and iso-C15[hairsp] :[hairsp] 1 G, iso-C17[hairsp] :[hairsp] 0 3-OH, iso-C15[hairsp] :[hairsp] 0 and anteiso-C15[hairsp] :[hairsp] 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids detected in strain TYO-19T were phosphatidylethanolamine and one unidentified lipid. The DNA G+C content was 39.0 mol% and the mean DNA–DNA relatedness value with the type strain of W. epiphytica was 59 ± 4.3  %. Differential phenotypic properties, together with phylogenetic and genetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain TYO-19T is separated from recognized species of the genus Winogradskyella. On the basis of the data presented, strain TYO-19T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Winogradskyella, for which the name Winogradskyella crassostreae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TYO-19T  ( = KCTC 42462T = NBRC 110924T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.000350