Strictly aerobic strain.
Produces indole-3-acetic acid and 1-a minocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase.
Isolated from the root of halophyte Kalidium cuspidatum collected from saline-alkaline land, in Tumd Right Banner, Inner Mongolia, northern China (110 deg 49 min 15 sec E, 40 deg 35 min 55 sec N).