Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus, a psychrotrophic, chlorophenol-degrader

(Biodegrad,19:495-505; FEMS Lett,266:138-143; Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:6538-6544; Microbial Ecol,48:246-253; Appl. Environ. Microbiol,70:2952-2958. Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus is a soil actinobacterium capable of growth on and degradation of high concentrations of halogenated phenolic compounds in cold temperatures and in soil and is promising as an inoculum for bioremediation of chlorophenol or nitrophenol-contaminated soil in temperature sites. We have been studying the molecular biology, biochemistry, stress tolerance and degradation pathways for the past couple of decades. The genome sequence and proteome of this bacterium were recently completed at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), respectively, and it is a model organism for a new EU project (BACSIN), due to its high stress tolerance and unusual degradation properties.

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