Acidovorax facilis

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Acidovorax facilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Beta Proteobacteria Order: Burkholderiales Family: Comamonadaceae Genus: Acidovorax Species: A. facilis
Binomial name
Acidovorax facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952) Willems et al. 1990
Synonyms
Hydrogenomonas facilis Schatz and Bovell 1952 Pseudomonas facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952) Davis 1969

Acidovorax facilis is a bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.

Appearance: Straight to slightly curved rods, 0.2-0.7 x 1.0-5.0um, occuring singlay or in short chains and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Cells stain Gram negative. They are oxidase positive. Urease activity varies among strains. Some strains grow on Christensen urea agar but lack urease according to API 20NE tests. No pigment is produced on nutrient agar. Aerobic and chemoorganotrophic. Acidovorax facilis was a grnus created in 1990 by Willems et. al. formerly describen in three species: A. facilis (formerly Pseudomonal facilis, A. delafieldii (formerly Pseudomonal delafieldii), and A. temperans.