cupriavidus oxalaticus cupriavidus oxalaticus cupriavidus oxalaticus is a genus of bacteria that includes the former genus wautersia. cupriavidus oxalaticus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: cupriavidus species: c. oxalaticus binomial name cupriavidus oxalaticus(sahin et al. 2000) vandamme and coenye 2004 synonyms wautersia oxalatica (sahin et al. 2000) vaneechoutte et al. 2004 pseudomonas oxalaticus khambata and bhat 1953 ralstonia oxalatica (ex khambata and bhat 1953) sahin et al. 2000