Obligately anaerobic halophile.
Exhibits three modes of nutrition: It is chemolithoautotrophic using H2 together with CO2 or CO; it is methylotrophic using trimethylamine (TMA); and it is organotrophic using betaine, lactate, pyruvate or histidine. Carbohydrates are not utilized.
Isolated from lagoons of the Arabat spit (East Crimea) which separates Sivash lake from the Sea of Azov.