Arthrobacter luteus
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| Arthrobacter luteus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Micrococcaceae |
| Genus: | Arthrobacter |
| Species: | A. luteus
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| Binomial name | |
| Arthrobacter luteus Kaneko et al., 1969
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Arthrobacter luteus (ALU) is a species of gram-positive bacteria in the genus Arthrobacter. A. luteus is facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic, branching, non-motile, non-sporulating, non-acid-fast, catalase-positive and rod-shaped (0.6-1.0 x 0.8-10.0 μm x μm).[1] All members of the Arthrobacter genus are obligate aerobes.[contradictory]
A restriction endonuclease enzyme is extracted from the bacterium and 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: AG/CT.[2] The Alu retrotransposon is named after the bacterium's abbreviation.
References
- ^ Kaneko, Tatsuhiko (1969). "Arthrobacter Luteus Nov. Sp. Isolated From Brewery Sewage". Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 15: 317–326. doi:10.2323/jgam.15.317.
- ^ http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/305