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.

• MeSH
• Achromobacter denitrificans genetics   isolation & purification   metabolism   MeSH
• Chromosomes, Bacterial MeSH
• Chlorobenzoates metabolism   MeSH
• DNA, Bacterial chemistry   genetics   MeSH
• Energy Metabolism MeSH
• Genome, Bacterial * MeSH
• Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
• Plasmids MeSH
• Soil Microbiology MeSH
• Sequence Analysis, DNA MeSH
• Carbon metabolism   MeSH
• Publication type
• Journal Article MeSH
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
• Names of Substances
• 2-chlorobenzoic acid MeSH Browser
• 2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid MeSH Browser
• Chlorobenzoates MeSH
• DNA, Bacterial MeSH
• Carbon MeSH