Cucumibacter
| Cucumibacter | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Hyphomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: |
Cucumibacter Hwang and Cho 2008 |
| Type species | |
| C. marinus |
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| Species | |
Cucumibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Cucumibacter derives from:
Latin noun cucumis, cucumber; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Cucumibacter, a cucumber-like rod.
The genus contains a single species, 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.)
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