paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans is a gram-positive and aerobic bacterium species from the genus paenarthrobacter. this bacterium has the ability to degrade atrazine, nicotine, and creatine. and produces nicotine dehydrogenase a map of nicotine metabolism originated from p. nicotinovorans plasmid pao1 paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: micrococcaceae genus: paenarthrobacter species: p. nicotinovorans binomial name paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans(kodama et al. 1992) busse 2016 type strain atcc 49919cip 106990dsm 420ifo 15511jcm 3874lmg 16253nbrc 15511sam 1563vkm ac-1988 synonyms arthrobacter nicotinovorans kodama et al. 1992