More than 90 morphological and physiological characters of 227 strains of pseudomonads isolated from clinical specimens and 16 reference strains are described. The clinical isolates included P. aeruginosa (apyocyanogenic), P. fluorescens, P. putida, P. pseudomallei, P. cepacia, P. acidovorans, P. alcaligenes, P. pseudoalcaligenes, P. stutzeri, P. putrefaciens, P. maltophilia, and P. diminuta.