cupriavidus pinatubonensis cupriavidus pinatubonensis cupriavidus pinatubonensis is a gram-negative, aerobic non-spore-forming, motile bacterium of the genus cupriavidus and family burkholderiaceae, isolated with cupriavidus laharis together from volcanic mudflow deposits on mount pinatubo in the philippines. cupriavidus pinatubonensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: cupriavidus species: c. pinatubonensis binomial name cupriavidus pinatubonensissato et al. 2006 type strain ccug 53907, cip 108725, dsm 19553, kctc 22125, lmg 23956, lmg 23994, pncm 10346, strain 1245 synonyms ralstonia eutropha, wautersia eutropha