Delftia deserti is a Gram-negative, short rod-shaped, motile bacterium from the genus Delftia, which has been isolated from desert soil in Turpan in China.

[1][2][3][4][5] D. deserti is of the Betaproteobacteria lineage within the Comamonadaceae family.

[5] D. deserti cells are short rods and motile by means of one or two polar flagella.

D. deserti is fermentative, and positive for DNase activity and nitrate reduction.

It can hydrolyse starch, cellulose, casein, extracellular peptidoglycan, chitin, urea, esculin, and gelatin.