It was sensitive to(lg per disc unless otherwise stated) amoxicillin (10),ampicillin (10), cefotaxime (30), chloramphenicol (30),kanamycin (30), nalidixic acid (30), nitrofurantoin
(300), polymyxin B (300 IU), rifampicin (5), tobramycin (10) and trimethoprim sulphametoxazol (23.75).However, the Voges–Proskauer test, hydrolysis of gelatin, starch and Tween 20 of strain SWA25T were positive, which were different from the closely related Halomonas species