acidovorax radicis acidovorax radicis acidovorax radicis is a gram-negative, oxidase-positive, catalase-negative, motile, aerobic bacterium from the family comamonadaceae which was isolated from the surface of sterilized wheat roots. in opposite to other acidovorax species it has no phytopathogenic potential, moreover it has been shown that it promote plants growing activity. acidovorax radicis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: comamonadaceae genus: acidovorax species: a. radicis binomial name acidovorax radicisli et al. 2011, sp. nov. type strain dsm 23535, lmg 25767, n35