The bacterium was able to grow in diluted soybean molasses medium (150 g L-1 and 200 g L-1 of soluble solids) without supplementation (neither additional nitrogen source, nor salts); the microorganism was able to consume almost all the fructose and glucose content, but was not able to uptake galactose. It was also able to hydrolyze sucrose and stachyose, but this is not true for soybean molasses trisaccharides, like raffinose.