Acidovorax facilis
| Acidovorax facilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Acidovorax |
| Species: | A. facilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acidovorax facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952; Willems et al. 1990) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hydrogenomonas facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952) | |
Acidovorax facilis is an aerobic, chemoorganotrophic bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.
Morphological and biochemical attributes
The bacterium is a 0.2-0.7 x 1.0-5.0 micrometre straight to slightly curved Gram negative rod that occurs singly or in short chains. It is motile by means of a single polar flagellum. On nutrient agar, it forms unpigmented colonies. A. facilis strains tend to be oxidase positive, but urease-variable; some strains grow on Christensen urea agar but lack urease according to API 20NE tests.