Cupriavidus basilensis

Cupriavidus basilensis is a gram-negative soil bacterium^[4] of the genus Cupriavidus and the family Burkholderiaceae.^[5][6] The complete genome sequence of its type strain has been determined and is publicly available at DNA Data Bank of Japan, European Nucleotide Archive and GenBank, under the accession numbers CP062803, CP062804, CP062805, CP062806, CP062807, CP062808, CP062809 and CP062810.^[7]

Cupriavidus basilensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	Cupriavidus
Species:	C. basilensis
Binomial name
Cupriavidus basilensis Vandamme and Coenye 2004[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-699, CCUG 49340, CIP 106792, DSM 11853, LMG 18990, LMG 19474, RK1, Steinle RK1[2]
Synonyms
Ralstonia basilensis, Wautersia basilensis[3]

C. basilensis has the ability to ferment 5-hydroxy-2-methylfurfural.^[8]