cucumibacter cucumibacter cucumibacter is a genus in the phylum pseudomonadota (bacteria). ï cucumibacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: devosiaceae genus: cucumibacterhwang and cho 2008 type species c. marinus species c. marinus 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.)