Fig 5.

Physical maps of the xylene degradation gene cluster (A) and the proposed degradation pathway of xylene (B) in strain BD-a59. The putative functions of the genes in the xylene degradation cluster were predicted as follows: orf1 (DSC_14800), transcriptional regulator (Fis family); orf2 (DSC_14805), xylene monooxygenase electron transfer subunit (oxydoreductase); orf3 (DSC_14810), xylene monooxygenase subunit 1; orf4 (DSC_14815), benzoate 1,2-dioxygenase alpha subunit; orf5 (DSC_14820), hypothetical protein; orf6 (DSC_14825), benzylalcohol dehydrogenase; orf7 (DSC_14830), benzaldehyde dehydrogenase; orf8 (DSC_14835), phenylpropionate dioxygenase large subunit; orf9 (DSC_14840), aromatic oxygenase small subunit; orf10 (DSC_14845), ABC transporter.