RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kim, Dae In A1 Lee, Ji Hee A1 Kim, Mi Sun A1 Seong, Chi NamYR 2017 T1 Kordia zosterae sp. nov., isolated from the seaweed, Zostera marina JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 67 IS 11 SP 4790 OP 4795 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002379 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Gram-stain-negative, gliding and rod shaped bacterium, designated strain ZO2-23T was isolated from a seaweed sample collected from the West Sea, Republic of Korea. Cells are catalase-negative and oxidase-positive. Neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain ZO2-23T forms an independent lineage within the genus Kordia . Strain ZO2-23T was related to Kordia ulvae SC2T (98.0 %, 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and K. antarctica IMCC3317T (97.9 %). The major fatty acids of strain ZO2-23T were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 0 3-OH, summed feature 3 and iso-C15 : 0 3-OH. The only isoprenoid quinone of the isolate was menaquinone-6. The DNA G+C content of strain ZO2-23T was 31.7 mol%. Phenotypic characteristics distinguished strain ZO2-23T from the related species of the genus Kordia . On the basis of the evidences presented in this study, novel species, Kordia zosterae sp. nov., is proposed for strain ZO2-23T (=KCTC 52268T=JCM 31799T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002379