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Arthrobacter

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Arthrobacter [′är·thrō‚bak·tər]
(microbiology)
A genus of gram-positive, aerobic rods in the coryneform group of bacteria; metabolism is respiratory, and cellulose is not attached.


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The relevant plant was genetically engineered with choline oxidase (COD), a kind of arthrobacter globiformis, using NPI's proprietary genetic technology MAT Vector System.
1969) showed that many genera of microorganisms, including Arthrobacter, Nocardia, Protaminobacter, Serratia, Streptomyces, Mycobacterium, and Microbacterium, contain the enzymes necessary to convert cholesterol and other C-17 sterols to AED and ADD.
reports that a compound called SP-PG (sulfated polysaccharide-peptidoglycan), isolated from the outer wall of Arthrobacter bacteria, reverses the growth of KS tumors more effectively and safely than present chemotherapy treatments.
 
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