Cucumibacter

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

Etymology
The name Cucumibacter derives from: Latin noun cucumis, cucumber; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; Neo-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.)