acidovorax acidovorax 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. other acidovorax sp. perform fe(ii) oxidation in anaerobic environments, forming iron minerals in the soil. acidovorax 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 species acidovorax aerodenitrificans acidovorax anthurii acidovorax caeni acidovorax cattleyae acidovorax citrulli acidovorax defluvii acidovorax delafieldii acidovorax facilis acidovorax konjaci acidovorax oryzae acidovorax radicis acidovorax soli acidovorax temperans acidovorax valerianellae acidovorax wohlfahrtii