Arthrobacter

Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus

Arthrobacter is a genus of living in the soil aerobic bacteria with high GC content, which have a pronounced resistance to dehydration and lack of food. They have the ability, phenols, herbicides, and other organic compounds ( such as nicotine or caffeine ) to reduce, and therefore, play an essential role in the detoxification of soils.

They are gram- positive and are characterized by a complex life cycle in which they evolve from a Kokkenform to chopsticks.

System

To the genus Arthrobacter, more than 70 types are provided. A few examples:

• Arthrobacter agilis ( Ali -Cohen 1889), Koch et al. 1995
• Arthrobacter albus Wauters et al. 2000
• Arthrobacter antarcticus Pindi et al. 2010
• Arthrobacter aurescens Phillips 1953
• Arthrobacter flavus Reddy et al. 2000
• Arthrobacter histidinolovorans Adams 1954
• Arthrobacter nico tino vorans Kodama et al. 1992
• Arthrobacter phenanthrenivorans Kallimanis et al. 2009
• Arthrobacter ramosus Jensen 1960
• Arthrobacter subterraneus Chang et al. 2008
• Arthrobacter viscosus Gasdorf et al. 1965