''Acidovorax'' is a genus of within the family
Comamonadaceae. The genus contains some plant pathogens, such as ''
Acidovorax avenae
''Acidovorax citrulli'' (formerly ''A. avenae'' subsp. ''citrulli'' (Williems et al., 1992)) is a Gram-negative, biotrophic bacterium causes seedling blight and bacterial fruit blotch (BFB) of cucurbits
The Cucurbitaceae, also called cucurbit ...
,'' which causes
bacterial fruit blotch
Bacterial fruit blotch (BFB) affects cucurbit plants around the world and can be a serious threat to farmers because it spreads through contaminated seed. BFB is the result of an infection by Gram-negative ''Acidovorax citrulli'' bacteria, which h ...
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. ] Other ''Acidovorax'' sp. perform
Fe(II) oxidation in anaerobic environments, forming iron minerals in the soil.
References
External links
''Acidovorax''LPSN List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
Comamonadaceae
Bacteria genera
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