Other numbers: ATCC 12633, CCUG 12690, CECT 324, CIP 52.191, DSM 291, DSM 50906, ICPB 2963, IFO 14164, JCM 3697, LMG 2257, NCIMB 9494, NCTC 10936, WDCM 00117. Taxonomic status: Type strain. History: < CCUG < K. Kersters < B. Contopoulos < R.Y. Stanier. Isolated from: Soil by lactate enrichment. Additional information: Type (4895). Biotype A (667). Degradation of aromatic compounds (667). Culture contains two stable colony types giving identical gelelectrophoretic protein profiles (SDS-PAGE)(LMG Catalogue, 1998). Cultivation conditions: Medium 71, 30°C.