Similar to strain AK 5 this strain was also inhibited by increasing glucose concentrations, most likely because of acetate production which results in low pH during batch culture cultivation.
Helsti galli stofnsins er sá að hann virðist þola illa lækkun á sýrustigi samfara ediksýruframleiðslu sem leiðir til þess að hann brýtur eingöngu niður hluta hvarfefnanna.