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Arthrobacter and related genera

An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to

the topics in environmental microbiology

At one time, it was considered that Arthrobacter are obli-

The genus Arthrobacter
gate aerobes, but this study demonstrated that some
http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007% Arthrobacter can grow on nitrate as the final electron
2F0-387-30743-5_36#page-1 acceptor under anaerobic conditions.
Arthrobacter are very common in many soils and are
Actinobacteriophage database: Arthrobacter
readily isolated in laboratory media and so they have
been isolated extensively from soils. There are many http://phagesdb.org/hosts/genera/3/
species known and this chapter offers a detailed descrip-
This database contains information on phages of Acti-
tion of the Arthrobacter genus.
nobacteria. The specific page referenced contains lists
of phages of Arthrobacter.
Arthrobacter: Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthrobacter Arthrobacter arilaitensis

This Wikipedia entry is limited but contains some useful http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/spip/-Arthrobacter-

information about Arthrobacter in general. arilaitensis,551-.html

Arthrobacter are very often associated with cheese

Arthrobacter: Microbe Wiki
ripening and the most common species isolated is A. ari-
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Arthrobacter laitensis.

This entry describes Arthrobacter species with an

Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus: Genome portal
emphasis on the ability of many of the strains to trans-
form anthropogenic chemicals into less toxic products. http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/artch/artch.home.html
Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus metabolizes chlorophe-
Arthrobacter: Nomenclature
nols, including the highly toxic pentachlorophenol. This
http://www.bacterio.net/arthrobacter.html page is the entry for information on the genome of this
organism.
There are very many Arthrobacter species listed on this
taxonomic site. Arthrobacter globiformis is the type
Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus: Thesis
strain.
http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/1751/1/Unell_Maria_2008_26.pdf
Arthrobacter species can grow anaerobically on
This link is for a thesis on the biodegradative strain
nitrate
Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12829291
Arthrobacter aurescens TC1: Genome atlas

http://bacmap.wishartlab.com/organisms/434

Microbial Biotechnology (2016) 9(1),136–138

doi:10.1111/1751-7915.12339

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Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 was isolated from a soil site

Rhodococcus biodegradation pathways
that had been heavily contaminated from a spill of the
herbicide atrazine. The genome of the organism consists http://eawag-bbd.ethz.ch/servlets/pageservlet?
of a chromosome and two large plasmids. ptype=allmicros
This list in the Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database
Arthrobacter review article
contains 30 Rhodococcus species involved in biodegrad-
http://www.scirp.org/journal/ ing a wide variety of compounds, e.g. styrene, acetylene,
PaperDownload.aspx?paperID=49677 caffeine, and dimethylisophthalate.
This recent review article on Arthrobacter species pro-
Micrococcus: Wikipedia
vides good background information on the genus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrococcus
Arthrobacter biodegradation pathways
Micrococcus has been most recently isolated from
http://eawag-bbd.ethz.ch/servlets/pageservlet? human skin and food but it is also found in soil, as indi-
ptype=allmicros cated in this Wikipedia entry.
This list in the Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database
Micrococcus: Taxonomy
contains 22 Arthrobacter species involved in biodegrad-
ing a wide variety of compounds, e.g. nicotine, organosil- http://www.bacterio.net/micrococcus.html
icon compounds, fluorene, and the herbicide atrazine.
Micrococcus strains are numerous. The type strain is
Micrococcus luteus.
Arthrobacter: PloS/ONE

http://www.plosone.org/browse/arthrobacter Taxonomic dissection of the genus Micrococcus

This page contains links to research on, or mentioning, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7547287
Arthrobacter species.
This study suggested that the genus Micrococcus be
subdivided into Micrococcus, Kocuria, Nesterenkonia,
Rhodococcus: Wikipedia
Dermacoccus, and Kytococcus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodococcus
Micrococcaceae: NCBI taxonomy
Rhodococcus are common soil bacteria, are known for
having extensive catabolic activities, and have large gen- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/
omes relative to most prokaryotes. wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=1268&lvl=3&lin=f&
keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
Rhodococcus: Microbe Wiki
This page has extensive lists of bacteria in the genera
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Rhodococcus Arthrobacter, Kocuria, Micrococcus, Nesterenkonia,
Rothia, and others.
This Wiki page gives a good overview of the genus
Rhodococcus.
A Nesterenkonia polyextremophile
Rhodococcus: Nomenclature http://genomea.asm.org/content/2/2/e00197-14.full
http://www.bacterio.net/rhodococcus.html This is a genome announcement for an Antarctic isolate
that was shown to be tolerant of low temperature, high
There are a large number of Rhodococcus strains high-
salinity, and high alkalinity.
lighted here. The type strain is indicated as Rhodococ-
cus rhodochrous.
Kocuria: Taxonomy
Rhodococcus equi: KEGG genome http://www.bacterio.net/kocuria.html
http://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_organism?org=req Kocuria sp. are most like Micrococcus species and a
number of the strains were previously considered Micro-
Rhodococcus equi is one of the rare pathogens in the
coccus before reclassification. This page contains an
genus Rhodococcus and it can cause disease in horses
extensive list of Kocuria species.
and goats.

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Biotechnology, 9, 136–138
138 Web alert

Lawrence P. Wackett
Kocuria rhizophila DC2201: Genome atlas
McKnight Professor
http://bacmap.wishartlab.com/organisms/688 Microbial Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Department
of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics,
Kocuria are found in diverse environments. This isolate
University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA
was found in a plant habitat and its genome provided
new insights into this genus.

ª 2015 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology, Microbial
Biotechnology, 9, 136–138