''Fucophilus'' is a
fucoidan-utilizing genus of bacteria from the phylum
Verrucomicrobiota with one known species (''
Fucophilus fucoidanolyticus'').
[ '' Fucophilus fucoidanolyticus'' has been isolated from the gut contend of a sea cucomber ('']Stichopus japonicus
''Apostichopus japonicus'' is a species of sea cucumber in the family Stichopodidae. It is found in shallow temperate waters along the coasts of south east Asia and is commonly known as the Japanese spiky sea cucumber or the Japanese sea cucumber ...
'').
References
Verrucomicrobiota
Monotypic bacteria genera
Bacteria genera
Taxa described in 2003
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