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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[1]
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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 μm × 0.8–10.0 μm).[1]
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. The bacterium is also used to produce zymolyase,[3] which can degrade yeast cell wall.
- ^ a b Kaneko T, Kitamura K, Yamamoto Y. (1969). "Arthrobacter luteus nov. sp. Isolated From Brewery Sewage". Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 15 (3): 317–326. doi:10.2323/jgam.15.317.
- ^ Abdurashitov, Murat A.; Tomilov, Victor N.; Chernukhin, Valery A.; Degtyarev, Sergey (2008). "A physical map of human Alu repeats cleavage by restriction endonucleases". BMC Genomics. 9: 305. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-305. PMC 2443384. PMID 18578890.
- ^ Kitamura, Kumpei; Kaneko, Tatsuhiko; Yamamoto, Yasushi (1974). "Lysis of viable yeast cells by enzymes of Arthrobacter luteus". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 20 (6): 323–344. doi:10.2323/jgam.20.323.