A report of 12 unrecorded bacterial species isolated from Suncheon Bay in Korea

Identification of New Sub-Fossil Diatoms Flora in the Sediments of Suncheonman Bay, Korea

“…Suncheonman Bay, Korea's most representative estuary, is an invasive coastal wetland composed of 21.6 km 2 of tidal flats and 5.4 km 2 of reed fields surrounded by the Yeosu and Goheung Peninsulas [10]. In January 2006, it became the first registered wetland in the Ramsar Convention list in Korea, as it was designated as a "wetland protected area" by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs in December 2003 [10,13]. In June 2008, Suncheonman Bay was designated as national cultural property, "Myeongseung" number 41, and in 2010, south-western tidal flats in Korea, including Suncheonman Bay (south-western coast tidal flats), were included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.…”

“…The Suncheonman Bay has been used to study various environmental characteristics, including grain size and organic matter in tidal flat sediments [10], seasonal water quality, pollution, environmental safety [13,34], and other geochemical characteristics, as well as local inhabitants such as benthic invertebrates, plants, fishes, birds, bacteria, and fungi [6,14,[35][36][37][38][39]. Among the studies conducted to date, the investigation of phytoplankton communities in the Dong Cheon River and Isa Cheon River stream into Suncheonman bay was the most interesting [40].…”