Gram-negative rod. Grows on BCYE agar and requires Lcysteine.
Negative in tests for glucose fermentation, nitrate
reduction, urease and autofluorescence. Positive in tests for
swimming motility, catalase, gelatinase, b-lactamase, hippurate
hydrolysis and pigmentation in BYE broth. The
fatty acid profile consists primarily of branch-chained fatty
acids