The phycobilisome pigmentation of this strain belongs to class 3c. Bacteriocin gene clusters detected in this genome belong to classes I, U. Reference strain is WH8102, which has a genome of 2.43 Mbp with a GC content of 59.4 % that encodes 2752 genes that include 365 diagnostic orthologous groups. Affiliation to the species can be determined by the presence of Ammonium transporter, Ferric iron ABC transporter: ATP-binding protein, Ferric iron ABC transporter: iron-binding protein, Ferric iron ABC transporter: permease protein, GlnN, NifS, NifU, Nitrate ABC transporter, Nitrate/Nitrite transporter, UreD, UreE, UreF, UreG, UrtA, UrtB, UrtC, UrtD, UrtE, phnE, phoB, phoH, phoR, pstA, pstB, pstC, pstS