cupriavidus alkaliphilus cupriavidus alkaliphilus cupriavidus alkaliphilus is a bacterium of the genus cupriavidus and the family burkholderiaceae which was isolated from the rhizosphere of agricultural plants which grow on alkaline soils in northeast mexico. cupriavidus alkaliphilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: burkholderiaceae genus: cupriavidus species: c. alkaliphilus binomial name cupriavidus alkaliphilusestrada-de los santos et al. 2012 type strain asc-732, cip 110330, lmg 26294, strain asc-732