Cucumibacter
Cucumibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[2]
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| Genus: | Cucumibacter Hwang and Cho 2008[1] |
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| C. marinus | |
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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.[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]
See also
References
- Hwang, C. Y.; Cho, B. C. (2008). "Cucumibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Hyphomicrobiaceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (7): 1591–1597. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65587-0. PMID 18599700.
- Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
- Cucumibacter entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
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