Pseudomonas asiatica sp. nov., isolated from hospitalized patients in Japan and Myanmar Tohya, Mari and Watanabe, Shin and Teramoto, Kanae and Uechi, Kohei and Tada, Tatsuya and Kuwahara-Arai, Kyoko and Kinjo, Takeshi and Maeda, Shiro and Nakasone, Isamu and Zaw, Ni Ni and Mya, San and Zan, Khin Nyein and Tin, Htay Htay and Fujita, Jiro and Kirikae, Teruo,, 69, 1361-1368 (2019), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003316, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A novel Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterial strain, RYU5T, was isolated from a stool sample of an inpatient at a hospital in Okinawa, Japan. The optimal growth temperature of RYU5T was 30 °C. Phylogenetic analysis based on the sequences of housekeeping genes, including the 16S rRNA, rpoB, rpoD and gyrB genes, showed that RYU5T was a member of the Pseudomonas putida group and was located close to Pseudomonas monteilii and P. putida . Whole-genome comparisons, using average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization, confirmed that strain RYU5T should be classified as a novel species of Pseudomonas . Phenotypic characterization tests showed that utilization of d-mannose, d-serine, l-arabinose and d-fructose could distinguish this strain from other related species of the genus Pseudomonas . Based on genetic and phenotypic evidence, strain RYU5T should be classified as a novel species, for which the name Pseudomonas asiatica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RYU5T (=DSM 107182T, =JCM 32716T), with a DNA G+C content of 62.25 mol%., language=, type=