The
pH range for growth was 5.7–10.0, the pH for optimum growth was 7.0 and no growth was
observed below pH 5.6 or above pH 10.8. The DNA G+C content of strain I3T was 69.2 mol%.
The major fatty acids found were C15 : 0 iso (14.2 %), C15 : 0 anteiso (12.1 %), C17 : 0 iso (16.3 %)
and C17 : 0 anteiso (21.7 %)