The characteristics are as described for the genus (Vauterin et al., 1995) extended with data from this study. Using the Biolog GEN III MicroPlate system dextrin, d-maltose, d-cellobiose, gentiobiose, sucrose, d-melibiose, N-acetyl-d-glucosamine, α-d-glucose, d-mannose, d-fructose, d-galactose, l-fucose, glycerol, d-fructose-6-PO4, l-glutamic acid, citric acid, α-keto-glutaric acid, l-malic acid, acetic acid, pH 6, 1% NaCl, 1% sodium lactate, lincomycin are oxidized, but the following substrates are not: stachyose, N-acetyl-neuraminic acid, d-sorbitol, d-mannitol, d-serine, p-hydroxy-phenylacetic acid, γ-amino-butyric acid, β-hydroxy-d,l-butyric acid, 8% NaCl, potassium tellurite. The oxidization of the following substrates is strain-dependent: d-glucose-6-PO4 (50% of the strains), gelatin (80% of the strains), d-saccharic acid (20% of the strains), l-lactic acid (30% of the strains), rifamicin SV (65% of the strains), nalidixic acid (65% of the strains) and aztreonam (65% of the strains). The fatty acids C15:0 iso and summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω7c/C15:0 iso 2-OH) are present in significant amounts in cells grown on TSA (BBL 11768) for 24 h under aerobic conditions. Xanthomonas euvesicatoria can be differentiated from the phylogenetic close Xanthomonas species by MLSA (Ah-You et al., 2009; this study).

The type strain is LMG 27970T = NCPPB 2968T.