Genome sequence of the dioxin-mineralizing bacterium Sphingomonas wittichii RW1.
Pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins pose a serious threat to human and environmental health. Natural attenuation of these compounds by microorganisms provides one promising avenue for their removal from contaminated areas. Over the past 2 decades, studies of the bacterium Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 have provided a wealth of knowledge about how bacteria metabolize chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons. Here we describe the finished genome sequence of S. wittichii RW1 and major findings from its annotation.
Miller
Todd R
TR
Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Delcher
Arthur L
AL
Salzberg
Steven L
SL
Saunders
Elizabeth
E
Detter
John C
JC
Halden
Rolf U
RU
D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D004147:Dioxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020578:Sphingomonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004147:Dioxins; D004785:Environmental Pollutants