RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kim, Myung Kyum A1 Im, Wan-Taek A1 Shin, Yong Kook A1 Lim, Ju Hyoung A1 Kim, Sung-Hye A1 Lee, Byung Chul A1 Park, Mi-Yeoun A1 Lee, Ki Young A1 Lee, Sung-TaikYR 2004 T1 Kaistella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Chryseobacterium–Bergeyella–Riemerella branch JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 54 IS 6 SP 2319 OP 2324 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02998-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped, yellow-pigmented bacteria isolated from a freshwater stream in Korea were investigated to determine their taxonomic position. Complete 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the organisms should be placed in the Chryseobacterium–Bergeyella–Riemerella branch in the family Flavobacteriaceae. Phylogenetically, the strains were most closely related to Chryseobacterium balustinum ATCC 33487T and Chryseobacterium scophthalmum LMG 13028T (94·3 and 94·1 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively) and they clustered on a separate well-supported branch. The strains contained menaquinone MK-6 as the predominant respiratory quinone and showed higher G+C contents (41·7 mol%) than other species in the Chryseobacterium–Bergeyella–Riemerella branch and i-C15 : 0 as a major fatty acid (47–52 %). The phylogenetic distances from any species with validly published names and their phenotypic properties confirmed that the strains constitute a separate species in a new genus, for which the name Kaistella koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed (type strain Chj707T=KCTC 12107T=IAM 15050T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02998-0