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Cucumibacter

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Alphaproteobacteria

Family
  
Hyphomicrobiaceae

Phylum
  
"Proteobacteria"

Order
  
Rhizobiales

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Blastochloris, Pedomicrobium, Hyphomicrobium, Alphaproteobacteria

Cucumibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

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Etymology

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.

Species

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.)

References

Cucumibacter Wikipedia