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Arthrobacter
Arthrobacter is a genus of bacteria that is commonly found in soil. All species in this genus are Gram-positive obligate aerobes that are rods during exponential growth and cocci in their stationary phase. Colonies of Arthrobacter have a greenish metallic center on mineral salts pyridone broth incubated at 20 °C. This genus is distinctive because of its unusual habit of "snapping division" in which the outer bacterial cell wall ruptures at a joint. Microbiologists refer to the type of cell division in which rods break into cocci as reversion. Under the microscope, these dividing cells appear as chevrons. Other notable characteristics are that it can use pyridone as its sole carbon source, and that its cocci are resistant to desiccation and starvation. One species, A. crystallopoietes, has been shown to reduce hexavalent chromium levels in contaminated soil, suggesting that it may be useful in bioremediation. Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus sp. nov., a species capable of degrading high concentrations of 4-chlorophenol, may also be useful in bioremediation. Arthrobacter sp. strain R1 has been shown to grow on a variety of aromatic compounds, including homocyclic compounds, such as hydroxybenzoates, as well as N-heterocycles, including pyridine and picoline.
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Arthrobacter
A genus of asporogenous bacteria isolated from soil that displays a distinctive rod-coccus growth cycle.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of arthrobacter in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of arthrobacter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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