cupriavidus basilensis cupriavidus basilensis cupriavidus basilensis is a gram-negative soil bacterium of the genus cupriavidus and the family burkholderiaceae. the complete genome sequence of its type strain has been determined and is publicly available at dna data bank of japan, european nucleotide archive and genbank, under the accession numbers cp062803, cp062804, cp062805, cp062806, cp062807, cp062808, cp062809 and cp062810. cupriavidus basilensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: cupriavidus species: c. basilensis binomial name cupriavidus basilensisvandamme and coenye 2004 type strain atcc baa-699, ccug 49340, cip 106792, dsm 11853, lmg 18990, lmg 19474, rk1, steinle rk1 synonyms ralstonia basilensis, wautersia basilensis c. basilensis has the ability to ferment 5-hydroxy-2-methylfurfural.