RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Vela, Ana I. A1 Gutiérrez, María C. A1 Falsen, Enevold A1 Rollán, Eduardo A1 Simarro, Isabel A1 García, Pilar A1 Domínguez, Lucas A1 Ventosa, Antonio A1 Fernández-Garayzábal, José F.YR 2006 T1 Pseudomonas simiae sp. nov., isolated from clinical specimens from monkeys (Callithrix geoffroyi) JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 56 IS 11 SP 2671 OP 2676 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64378-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB An unusual Gram-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive, rod-shaped bacterium isolated from different clinical samples from two monkeys (Callithrix geoffroyi) was characterized by phenotypic and molecular genetic methods. The micro-organism was tentatively identified as a Pseudomonas species on the basis of the results of cellular morphological and biochemical tests. Fatty acid studies confirmed this generic placement and comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies demonstrated that the unknown isolates were phylogenetically closely related to each other (100 % sequence similarity) and were part of the ‘Pseudomonas fluorescens intrageneric cluster’. The novel bacterium, however, was distinguished from other phylogenetically related species of Pseudomonas by DNA–DNA hybridization studies and biochemical tests. On the basis of both phenotypic and phylogenetic findings, it is proposed that the novel Pseudomonas isolates are classified as Pseudomonas simiae sp. nov. The type strain of P. simiae is OLiT (=CCUG 50988T=CECT 7078T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64378-0