Arthrobacter agilis (lat.) Is a species of bacteria of the Micrococcaceae family. Originally - the only representative of the genus micrococci , having a flagellum .
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Arthrobacter agilis
(Ali-Cohen 1889) Koch et al. 1995 |
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- Micrococcus agilis Ali-Cohen 1889 [1]
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Micrococci have no movement at all. An exception to this is Arthrobacter agilis (from Lat. Agilis - moving), described in 1889. Friedrich LΓΆffler , using his coloring technique, discovered his flagella , which are 4-5 times as long as the diameter of the microorganism itself.
The results of phenotypic studies obtained using the 16S rRNA analysis showed that the strain Micrococcus agilis DSM 20550 is less closely associated with the type species of micrococci ( Micrococcus luteus ) than with the type type Arthrobacter ( Arthrobacter globiformis ) and other species of this kind. The phenotypic position of M. agilis in the genus Arthrobacter is confirmed by the presence of peptidoglycan A3-alpha and the presence of MK-9 (H2) as the main isoprenoid , which is also characteristic of Arthrobacter strains. Despite the fact that the morphological life cycle of M. agilis is not fully understood, a proposal was made to move it to the genus Arthrobacter as Arthrobacter agilis (Ali-Cohen 1889) Koch et al. 1995
