Cucumibacter
Genus of bacteria
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Cucumibacter is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[2]
| Cucumibacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Devosiaceae |
| Genus: | Cucumibacter Hwang and Cho 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. marinus | |
| Species | |
Etymology
The name Cucumibacter derives from:
Latin noun cucumis, cucumber; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Cucumibacter, a cucumber-like rod.[3]
Species
The genus contains a single species,[3] namely C. marinus ( Hwang and Cho 2008, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective marinus, referring to the sea, from where the type strain was isolated.)[1]