Acidovorax facilis is an aerobic, chemoorganotrophic bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.

Morphological and biochemical attributes

The bacterium is a 0.2-0.7 x 1.0-5.0 micrometre straight to slightly curved Gram negative rod that occurs singly or in short chains. It is motile by means of a single polar flagellum. On nutrient agar, it forms unpigmented colonies. A. facilis strains tend to be oxidase positive, but urease-variable; some strains grow on Christensen urea agar but lack urease according to API 20NE tests.

See also

Acidovorax