degradation of resorcinol; strict anaerobic; ability of denitrification; reduction of nitrate to dinitrogen gas; catalase-negative; superoxide-dismutase-positive; Gram-negative; accumulation of poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate; strictly oxidative metabolism; chemoorganoheterotrophic; optimum pH: 7.2; optimum growth temperature: 28 °C; GC-content of DNA: 66.5 mol%; utilization of acetate, propionate, butysrate, valerate, ethanol, propanol, lactate, pyruvate,fumarate,succinate, cyclohexancarboxylate, phenol, resorcinol, benzoate,3-hydroxybenzoate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, phenylacetaete, p-cresol, phenylalanine, and tyrosine as electron donors.