Species Acidovorax wautersii

Name: Acidovorax wautersii Vaneechoutte et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: wau.ter’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wautersii, of Wauters, referring to Georges Wauters, a Belgian microbiologist, an expert in the phenotypic identification of bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-DO-wo-rax wa͡u-TER-si-i, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62584; DSM 27981; LMG 26971; NF 1078

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ782387 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaneechoutte M, Janssens M, Avesani V, Delmee M, Deschaght P. Description of Acidovorax wautersii sp. nov. to accommodate clinical isolates and an environmental isolate, most closely related to Acidovorax avenae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2203-2206. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paracidovorax wautersii (Vaneechoutte et al. 2013) Du et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.04422 (N = 27).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Acidovorax Willems et al. 1990

Assigned by: Vaneechoutte M, Janssens M, Avesani V, Delmee M, Deschaght P. Description of Acidovorax wautersii sp. nov. to accommodate clinical isolates and an environmental isolate, most closely related to Acidovorax avenae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2203-2206. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 790829