IOLA KY405 is an uncultured human respiratory tract-associated bacterium identified by a genomic approach in 2021.[1]

The genome is AT-rich and very small.[1]

The bacterium has also been tentatively linked to atypical Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Fukuda, Kazumasa; Yamasaki, Kei; Ogura, Yoshitoshi; Kawanami, Toshinori; Ikegami, Hiroaki; Noguchi, Shingo; Akata, Kentarou; Katsura, Keisuke; Yatera, Kazuhiro; Mukae, Hiroshi; Hayashi, Tetsuya; Taniguchi, Hatsumi (2021). "A human respiratory tract-associated bacterium with an extremely small genome". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 628. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02162-6. PMC 8155191. PMID 34040152.
  2. ^ https://assets-002.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/mvma/pdfs-and-documents/Regulatory/K9_Atypical_Pneumonia_Update_V2.pdf