Family Hyphomicrobiaceae | Phylum "Proteobacteria" Order Rhizobiales Rank Genus | |
Similar Blastochloris, Pedomicrobium, Hyphomicrobium, Alphaproteobacteria | ||
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
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