title: Complete genome sequence of the haloaromatic acid-degrading bacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans A8.
abstract: Achromobacter xylosoxidans strain A8 was isolated from soil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls. It can use 2-chlorobenzoate and 2,5-dichlorobenzoate as sole sources of carbon and energy. This property makes it a good starting microorganism for further development toward a bioremediation tool. The genome of A. xylosoxidans consists of a 7-Mb chromosome and two large plasmids (98 kb and 248 kb). Besides genes for the utilization of xenobiotic organic substrates, it contains genes associated with pathogenesis, toxin production, and resistance. Here, we report the complete genome sequence.
authors.affiliation: Mailing address: Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Hynek
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strnad
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ridl
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paces
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kolar
authors.forename: Cestmir
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vlcek
authors.forename: Vaclav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Paces
mesh_terms: D042441:Achromobacter denitrificans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D002723:Chlorobenzoates / Q000378:metabolism; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D002723:Chlorobenzoates; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002244:Carbon; C060415:2-chlorobenzoic acid; C073069:2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid