title: Genome sequence of the dioxin-mineralizing bacterium Sphingomonas wittichii RW1.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Todd R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Arthur L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Delcher
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Salzberg
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Detter
authors.forename: Rolf U
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: Halden
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004147:Dioxins; D004785:Environmental Pollutants