cupriavidus taiwanensis cupriavidus taiwanensis cupriavidus taiwanensis is a gram-negative, nitrogen-fixing bacterium of the genus cupriavidus and family burkholderiaceae, which forms indeterminate nodules on mimosa pudica. the genome of c. taiwanensis is completely sequenced. cupriavidus taiwanensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: cupriavidus species: c. taiwanensis binomial name cupriavidus taiwanensisvandamme and coenye 2004 type strain bcrc 17206, ccrc 17206, ccug 44338, chen r1, cip 107171, dsm 17343, lmg 19424, r-10603, vandamme r-10603 synonyms ralstonia taiwanensis, wautersia taiwanensis