Cucumibacter
| Cucumibacter | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Hyphomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Cucumibacter Hwang and Cho 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. marinus | |
| Species | |
Cucumibacter is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[2]
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
- 1 2 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". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
- 1 2 Cucumibacter entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
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