A novel bacterial strain, designated EC29 T , was isolated from the brown alga Ecklonia cava collected on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. Cells of strain EC29 T were Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and motile by gliding. Growth was observed at 10-30 8C (optimum, 20-25 8C), at pH 6.0-9.5 (optimum, pH 7.5) and in the presence of 1-5 % (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the strain belonged to the genus Winogradskyella. Strain EC29 T exhibited the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, of 96.5-97.8 %, to the type strains of Winogradskyella pulchriflava EM106 T , Winogradskyella echinorum KMM 6211 T and Winogradskyella ulvae KMM 6390 T . Strain EC29 T exhibited ,27 % DNA-DNA relatedness with Winogradskyella pulchriflava EM106 T and Winogradskyella echinorum KMM 6211 T . The predominant fatty acids of strain EC29 T were iso-C 15 : 0 , iso-C 15 : 1 G, C 15 : 0 , iso-C 17 : 0 3-OH, iso-C 15 : 0 3-OH and anteiso-C 15 : 0 .The DNA G+C content was 31.1 mol% and the major respiratory quinone was menaquinone-6 (MK-6). Based on a polyphasic study, strain EC29 T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Winogradskyella, for which the name Winogradskyella eckloniae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is EC29 T (5KCTC 32172 T 5JCM 18703 T ).