Name: Acidovorax radicis Li et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.di’cis. L. gen. fem. n. radicis, of a root, the source of isolation of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ra-DI-kis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23535; LMG 25767; N35

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM027578 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li D, Rothballer M, Schmid M, Esperschutz J, Hartmann A. Acidovorax radicis sp. nov., a wheat-root-colonizing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2589-2594. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:261-262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13985 (N = 21).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Acidovorax Willems et al. 1990

Assigned by: Li D, Rothballer M, Schmid M, Esperschutz J, Hartmann A. Acidovorax radicis sp. nov., a wheat-root-colonizing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2589-2594. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 789526