the cells were short rods (0.5–0.6 lm wide and 1.7–2.1 lmlong) after 18-h incubation at 37 °C on MH medium and were non-motile without any flagellum. Strain SWA25T was resistant to (lg per disc) carbenicillin(100), erythromycin (15), cefoxitin (30) and streptomycin (10).