Arthrobacter luteus
| Arthrobacter luteus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Class: | Actinobacteria |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Family: | Micrococcaceae |
| Genus: | Arthrobacter |
| Species: | A. luteus |
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Arthrobacter luteus |
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Arthrobacter luteus (ALU) is a gram stain positive bacteria.
A. luteus is a species of facultatively anaerobic, pleomorphic, branching, non-motile, non-sporulating, non-acid-fast, and catalase-positive bacterial rods (0.6-1.0 x 0.8-10.0 μm x μm). 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.
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