Arthrobacter luteus

Arthrobacter luteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Family:	Micrococcaceae
Genus:	Arthrobacter
Species:	A. luteus
Binomial name
	Arthrobacter luteus;

Arthrobacter luteus (ALU) is a gram stain positive bacteria with the following taxonomy:

Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Actinobacteria (class); Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Micrococcineae; Micrococcaceae; Arthrobacter. A.lu. is a species of facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic, branching, non-motile, non-sporulating, non-acid-fast, and catalase-positive rods (0.6-1.0 x 0.8-10.0 μm x μm).^[1] All members of the Arthrobacter family are obligate aerobes. A Restriction endonuclease enzyme is extracted from Alu that acts at the centre of a palindromic tetranucleotide sequence to give even-ended duplex DNA fragments phosphorylated at the 5'-end.

The restriction site Alu-I itself is a 4-base cutter: AGCT.^[2]

References

^ Kaneko, Tatsuhiko (1969). "Arthrobacter Luteus Nov. Sp. Isolated From Brewery Sewage". Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 15: 317–326.
^ http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/305

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[1] Kaneko, Tatsuhiko (1969). "Arthrobacter Luteus Nov. Sp. Isolated From Brewery Sewage". Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 15: 317–326.

[2] ttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/305

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