Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans

Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium species from the genus Paenarthrobacter.^[1][3][4][5] This bacterium has the ability to degrade atrazine, nicotine, and creatine.^[5][6][7] and produces nicotine dehydrogenase^[8]

A map of nicotine metabolism originated from P. nicotinovorans plasmid pAO1

Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Micrococcaceae
Genus:	Paenarthrobacter
Species:	P. nicotinovorans
Binomial name
Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans (Kodama et al. 1992) Busse 2016[1]
Type strain
ATCC 49919 CIP 106990 DSM 420 IFO 15511 JCM 3874 LMG 16253 NBRC 15511 SAM 1563[2] VKM Ac-1988
Synonyms
Arthrobacter nicotinovorans Kodama et al. 1992