Summary P seudomonas knackmussii B 13 was the first strain to be isolated in 1974 that could degrade chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons. This discovery was the prologue for subsequent characterization of numerous bacterial metabolic pathways, for genetic and biochemical studies, and which spurred ideas for pollutant bioremediation. In this study, we determined the complete genome sequence of B 13 using next generation sequencin...

Summary S phingomonas wittichii RW 1 is a dibenzofuran and dibenzodioxin‐degrading bacterium with potentially interesting properties for bioaugmentation of contaminated sites. In order to understand the capacity of the microorganism to survive in the environment we used a genome‐wide transposon scanning approach. RW 1 transposon libraries were generated with around 22 000 independent insertions. Libraries were grown for an ave...