''Arthrobacter pascens'' is a bacterium species from the genus of ''
Arthrobacter
''Arthrobacter'' (from the Greek, "jointed small stick”) 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 ...
'' which occurs in soil.
[ ''Arthrobacter pascens'' produces arthrobactin, porphyrins and ]choline oxidase
In enzymology, a choline oxidase () is an enzyme that catalysis, catalyzes the chemical reaction
:choline + O2 \rightleftharpoons betaine aldehyde + H2O2
Thus, the two substrate (biochemistry), substrates of this enzyme are choline and oxygen, O2 ...
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External links
Type strain of ''Arthrobacter pascens'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 1953
Micrococcaceae
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