but the M.R. test was negative. The organism grew well in medium conforming up to 10% NaCl, at pH 5.7 or at temperatures
ranging from 20 to 50 C. Strain E1R-j was strictly aerobic, liquefying gelatin, freezing Litmus milk, utilizing sodium citrate, hydrolyzing starch but not fiber and producing acid but not H2S. These properties are typical for Bacillus.