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Acidovorax
Genus of bacteria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acidovorax is a genus of within the family Comamonadaceae. The genus contains some plant pathogens, such as Acidovorax avenae, which causes bacterial fruit blotch on cucurbit crops.[1] Other Acidovorax sp. perform Fe(II) oxidation in anaerobic environments, forming iron minerals in the soil.[2]
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Acidovorax | |
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Bacterial leaf blight of fishtail palm caused by Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Burkholderiales |
Family: | Comamonadaceae |
Genus: | Acidovorax |
Type species | |
Acidovorax facilis | |
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