Arthrobacter liuii
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Arthrobacter, Arthrobacter liuii Yu
et al. 2015.

Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive cells, showing a rod-coccus cycle,  0.4-0.8 x 2.0-3.0 μm. Non-motile.
Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are circular, slightly convex and pale yellow with entire margins. Grows in
PYG, TSB, TSA, at 5-37 ºC (optimally at 30 ºC), at pH 6.0-9.0 (optimally at pH 7.0) and
in the presence of 0-5% (w/v) NaCl. Aerobic.
Isolated from a desert soil sample, Xinjiang region, China.
Undetermined.
  1. Yu XY, Zhang L, Ren B, Yang N, Liu M, Liu XT, Zhang LX, Ding LX. Arthrobacter liuii sp. nov., resuscitated from Xinjiang desert soil.
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:896-901.
  2. Krishnan R, Menon RR, Tanaka N, Busse HJ, Krishnamurthi S, Rameshkumar N. Arthrobacter pokkalii sp nov, a Novel Plant
    Associated Actinobacterium with Plant Beneficial Properties, Isolated from Saline Tolerant Pokkali Rice, Kerala, India. PLoS One
    2016; 11:e0150322.
Positive results for catalase, Tween 20, Tween 40 and Tween 80 hydrolysis.
Can utilize as sole carbon source glycerol, L-arabinose, D-fructose, D-mannose, maltose, melibiose, trehalose, D-ribose, D-glucose,
L-histidine, glycine, L-threonine, L-alanine, L-serine (weakly) and L-proline (weakly).

Negative results for casein hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, ONPG (beta-galactosidase), H
2S production, nitrate reduction, oxidase,
starch hydrolysis, and urease, acid production from fructose, rhamnose and sucrose.
No utilization of D-sorbitol, sucrose, L-lysine, L-methionine, L-asparagine and L-glutamic acid.
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