Acidovorax

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

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| image_caption = Bacterial leaf blight of fishtail palm caused by Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae

| taxon = Acidovorax

| type_species = Acidovorax facilis

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• 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

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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.Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. {{ISBN|978-0-387-24145-6}} Other Acidovorax sp. perform Fe(II) oxidation in anaerobic environments, forming iron minerals in the soil.{{Cite journal |last1=Pantke |first1=Claudia |last2=Obst |first2=Martin |last3=Benzerara |first3=Karim |last4=Morin |first4=Guillaume |last5=Ona-Nguema |first5=Georges |last6=Dippon |first6=Urs |last7=Kappler |first7=Andreas |date=2012-02-07 |title=Green Rust Formation during Fe(II) Oxidation by the Nitrate-Reducing Acidovorax sp. Strain BoFeN1 |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es2016457 |journal=Environmental Science & Technology |language=en |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=1439–1446 |doi=10.1021/es2016457 |pmid=22201257 |issn=0013-936X}}