Colonies on NA agar plates were circular, convex, light yellow colored and rod shaped (1.12–1.20 μm in length and 0.45–0.50 μm in width) for 3 days at 30 °C. Growth occurred at 12–37 °C (optimum, 25 ℃); growth occurred at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 6.5–7.0) and at 0–7% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 1%). The following substrates were utilized on Biolog GENIII microplates: d-arabitol, i-erythritol, d-fructose, l-fructose, α-d-glucose, inosine, myo-inositol, α-d-lactose, d-mannose, d-mannitol, d-maltose, d-malic acid, l-malic acid, d-melibiose, d-raffinose, l-rhamnose, sorbitol, sucrose, d-trehalose, d-cellobiose, d-galactose, gentiobiose, glycogen, 3-methyl-glucose, glycerol, propionic acid, d-salicin, stachyose, d-turanose, β-methyl-d-glucoside, N-acetyl-d-glucosamine, N-acetyl-β-d-mannosamine, d-serine, N-acetyl-d-galactosamine, N-acetylneuraminic acid, d-glucose-6-PO4, d-fructose-6-PO4, d-aspartic acid, gelatin, glycyl-l-proline, l-alanine, l-arginine, l-aspartic acid, l-glutamic acid, d-gluconic acid, l-histidine, l-pyroglutamic, l-serine, pectin, d-glucuronic glucuronamide, mucic acid, quinic acid, α-keto-glutaric acid and urea. Positive for catalase, oxidase, urease, lipase, starch hydrolysis, milk coagulation and hydrogen peroxide. Negative for H2S production, reduction of nitrate to nitrite and melanin production. The whole-cell sugars consisted mainly of arabinose, galactose, glucose and ribose. Contained D, d-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic cell wall amino acid. The detected polar lipids were unidentified aminophospho lipids, unidentified phospholipids, phosphatidylcholine, unidentified lipids, hydroxy phosphatidyl ethanolamine and phospholipids of unknown structure containing glucosamine. Major fatty acids were Summed Feature 8 (68.4%), C19:0 cyclo ω8c, and C16:0. Q-10 was major the quinone. Resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, streptomycin, tetracycline and vancomycin, but sensitive to amikacin and kanamycin.