Name: Cucumibacter marinus Hwang and Cho 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, referring to the sea, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CL-GR60; DSM 18995; KCCM 90027

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF211830 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Cucumibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1591-1597.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cucumibacter Hwang and Cho 2008. Publication: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Cucumibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1591-1597.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Cucumibacter Hwang and Cho 2008

Assigned by: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Cucumibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1591-1597.

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