Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Arthrobacter, Arthrobacter
cupressi Zhang et al. 2012.
Gram-positive cells showing a rod-coccus cycle. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are circular, slightly convex and pale yellow with entire margins, 2.5-3.0 mm
in diameter after growth on Yeast extract - dextrose agar for 72 h at 30 ºC. Growth
occurs at 12-37 ºC, optimally at 28 ºC. No growth at 4 ºC and 42 ºC. Grows in the
presence of 0-2% (w/v) NaCl. The pH range for growth is 5.5-9.0. Aerobic.
Isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a cypress tree (Cupressus sempervirens) collected from Mianyang in Sichuan province, China.
Undetermined.
- Zhang J, Ma Y, Yu H. Arthrobacter cupressi sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Cupressus sempervirens.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2731-2736.
- Huang Z, Bao YY, Yuan TT, Wang GX, He LY, Sheng XF. Arthrobacter nanjingensis sp. nov., a mineral-weathering bacterium
isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:365-369.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase (weakly), casein hydrolysis, catalase, cystine arylamidase, esculin
hydrolysis, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), gelatin hydrolysis, o-nitrophenyl beta-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG) hydrolysis, alpha-
and beta-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, tryptophan deaminase, starch hydrolysis,
trypsin, chymotrypsin, urease, valine arylamidase, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid production from L-arabinose, esculin ferric citrate,
D-fructose, D-glucose, glycerol, D-galactose, inulin, D-mannose (weakly), D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, D-melibiose,
D-melezitose, D-raffinose, sucrose, D-trehalose, and D-turanose.
Can utilize as sole carbon sources acetic acid, adenosine, L-alanine, L-alanyl glycine, L-asparagine, dextrin, D-fructose, D-galactose,
D-gluconic acid, alpha-D-glucose, L-glutamic acid, glycerol, glycyl L-glutamic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic
acid, inosine, inulin, a-ketoglutaric acid, L-malic acid, maltose, maltotriose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, Dmelezitose, D-melibiose,
palatinose, D-psicose, L-pyroglutamic acid, pyruvic acid, pyruvic acid methyl ester, D-raffinose, L-serine, sucrose, turanose, Tween 40
and 80.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, beta-fucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, beta-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase,
indole production, H2S production, lysine decarboxylase, lipase (C14), methyl red test, nitrate reduction, oxydase, ornithine
decarboxylase, L-tyrosine hydrolysis, Tween 80 hydrolysis, hipo- / xanthine hydrolysis, acid production from D-adonitol, D- and
L-arabitol, D-arabinose, amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, D- and L-fucose, gentiobiose, glycogen, gluconate, 2- and
5-ketogluconate, inositol, D-lactose, D-lyxose, D-maltose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, methyl
alpha-D-glucopyranoside, D-ribose, L-sorbose, salicin, starch, D-tagatose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
No utilization of citric acid, N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-L-glutamic acid,
adenosine-5'-monophosphate, L-alaninamide, D-alanine, amygdalin, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, arbutin, 2,3-butanediol, D-cellobiose,
alpha- and beta-cyclodextrin, 2'-deoxy adenosine, D-fructose 6-phosphate, L-fucose, D-galacturonic acid, gentiobiose, a-D-glucose
1-phosphate, D-glucose 6-phosphate, DL-alpha-glycerol phosphate, glycogen, c-hydroxybutyric acid, myo-inositol, lactamide, D-lactic
acid methyl ester, alpha-D-lactose, lactulose, D-malic acid, mannan, methyl alpha-D-galactoside, methyl beta-D-galactoside,
3-methyl-D-glucose, methyl beta-D-glucoside, methyl alpha-D-glucoside, methyl alpha-D-mannoside, putrescine, succinamic acid,
succinic acid, succinic acid mono-methyl ester, D-tagatose, thymidine, thymidine-5'-monophosphate, D-trehalose, uridine,
uridine-5'-monophosphate, xylitol or D-xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica