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<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>OprD has been widely described for <jats:italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</jats:italic> at both structural and functional levels. Here, we describe the sequence diversity of the OprD proteins from other fluorescent Pseudomonads. We analysed the sequence of the <jats:italic>oprD</jats:italic> gene in each of the 49 <jats:italic>Pseudomonas</jats:italic> isolates, mostly <jats:italic>putida</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>fluorescens</jats:italic> species, obtained from various environmental sources, including soil, rhizosphere and hospitals. Phylogeny based on OprD sequences distinguished three well‐separated clusters in the <jats:italic>P. fluorescens</jats:italic> species whereas <jats:italic>P. putida</jats:italic> isolates formed only one cluster. The OprD sequences were generally well conserved within each cluster whereas on the opposite, they were highly variable from one cluster to another and particularly with regards to the cluster of <jats:italic>P. aeruginosa</jats:italic>. Predicted secondary structures, based on the topological model elaborated for <jats:italic>P. aeruginosa</jats:italic>, suggest signatures in the large extracellular loops of OprD, which are linked to the OprD‐based clusters. Correlations between these OprD‐based clusters and ecological niches, growth on various carbon sources and antibiotic sensitivity were investigated.</jats:p>