The type strain, SA33T (5NBRC 101816T 5VTCC-D6-6T),was isolated from an aquatic plant, Eleocharis dulcis, that
grows luxuriantly in a highly acidic swamp (pH 3) in an AASS area in Vietnam. Strain 7A078 (5NBRC 103872
5BCC 36999), isolated from a similar habitat in Thailand,is a reference strain.